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Originally Posted by el_draco
Joe brought Cane Toads to QLD to eat beetles. Any "locals" could be wiped out... I believe the term for that is genocide.
If Mars is proven lifeless, maybe its a future option but I don't fancy anyone's chances of proving the planet is dead anytime soon.
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The concept of genocide cannot have any meaning in the absence of sentient life forms.
But I find it more than a little amusing that well before we even landed a probe on Mars, and well before we knew one way or the other about life-forms on Mars or the other celestial bodies, we were claiming them for earth and earthlings. The treaty does not contain any provision for the possibility of encountering sentience there or anywhere.
Peter