If Lincoln had been a robot....

First, I have realized that we've been making a terrible mistake, we have forced the audience to assume that Lincoln was a Robot (though it is fact for the purposes of this debate), perhaps this will clear things up: http://4.bp.blogspot.com... It first seems necessary to defend our Ramen Brethren (this term derives from the novel Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card). Their existence is indisputable, that they are conducting LEGAL abductions is evident. Humans are repeatedly abducted, returned and share their story, this isn't just one or two people but a large number, by its sheer size the phenomenon is worth looking into. Several cases exist pre-Betty and Barney Hill era. In 1897 Colonel H. G. Shaw claimed he and a friend were harassed by three tall, slender humanoids. They tried to kidnap the pair. This was reported in that year's edition of the Stockton, California Daily Mail. Then also in 1955 the publication of Harold T. Wilkins' Flying Saucers Uncensored it was declared that Karl Hunrath and Wilbur Wilkinson had disappeared, they had earlier been claiming to have been contacted by ‘aliens'. Wilkins reported speculation that the duo were the victims of "alleged abduction by flying saucers". Then came Betty and Barney Hill. The exact particulars are unnecessary to place here (trying to save room for my debate) a link is here with additional information: http://www.ufocasebook.com... After this an explosion of abduction claims arose. It should not be ruled out that this wave did not come as a "copy cat" like movement but more of a liberation to make such claims. Before Betty and Barney claims of aliens existed (two shown above) but it was largely regarded in a disbelieving manner. Suddenly Betty and Barney got attention, now all these secret abductees could share their story without fear of persecution. So, if Extra-Terrestrials are visiting, the question becomes Why? Per Wikipedia: "When abductees ask why they are being studied or undergoing surgery, the entity may answer with a statement like ‘We have the right to do this'." This seems to point right out that some ‘law' allowed this presence to do what it does. An executive order signed by Robot Lincoln before its decommissionment following the destruction of a vital memory chip. It is also important to note that the most common location of an abduction is within the United States. Let us look over your points: 1) You claim that an Alien Civilization would not build robots because they'd fear the robot's rise to sentience. This is erroneous. First off, definitive statements must be supported to be held correct, you say "Robots will do that every time" (implying overthrowing their creators). You say ‘always' without evidence. I will point out that in Speaker for the Dead a main character, Jane, is in fact a computer program that became self-aware. Jane did not go on some crusade to overthrow the humans. Instead, she hid from humans, only revealing herself to one human; for fear that humanity would fear her and destroy her. Her hope being that one day she could reveal herself without being shut off. I will concede that it is a possibility; events like in Terminator or iRobot are possible but not definite. It might also be noted that humans have the same fear, yet we have not outlawed robot creation. If we chose to allow it then why shouldn't they? 2) You claim that robots and aliens are against war, trying to prove that a Lincoln Robot would have conceded the war. This is not necessarily true. In Terminator, the Cyberdyne robots were more than willing to go to war. And with the aliens, their level of militancy is variable by which type of alien is in question. Maybe those in "The day the Earth stood still" were, but looking at the Klingons and Romulans fighting appears to be a fine activity. The robots, Alpha Draconians to be exact, have been observed to be militant. Biological data suggests that they may have been once Terran but forced to move off because they couldn't stop a meteor from destroying their civilization in time, they likely would want their world back but cannot just come back because of the differences in its atmosphere. * 3) You point out that an Alien Species would likely keep from sharing technology with a lesser species. Even linking the Prime Directive to it. I must first point out that the Prime Directive is rather new. It first came into existence in 1966 with the debut of Star Trek. This is a century later than the 1860's when the events in question occurred. And even if such laws existed they could easily be broken, as seen in Ender's Game when the Formics visit Earth, accidentally sharing their technology with Humans, then again in its sequel, Speaker for the Dead, when several humans break interstellar law forbidding the sharing of technology with the "Piggies" (an intelligent but primitive alien) and teach them agriculture, archery, electricity, pluming and so on. 4) It is also claimed that an Alien Species would simply conquer us. This is not true. The Alien presence is not here to take us over, though they'd like the planet, they cannot breath the atmosphere as it is too low in Oxygen content compared to what Earth was like back when they had inhabited this planet. What they instead are doing is scientific research; they needed to abduct Humans for experiments on our anatomy as this could provide a possible future tactical advantage, not against us but against another neighboring empire. --- True the South may have come up with the means by which to create a Robot, I'll give you that. They were innovative and may have wrecked their economy after (or as a result of) such an alleged undertaking as creating a robot. (Though improbable) But though it is possible, this is not what occurred. Let us look at the South's creations, The Merrimac: https://www.jcps.k12.nc.us... a very crude design, easily spotted, it has rough corners and overall not very high tech. Thus recognizable. CSS Hunley: http://nswrecks.net... A neat design but doomed to failure. The explosive located on the prong at the front would destroy the Hunley a second time if it were used again. Thus Southern stuff is prone to failure. I therefore argue that if the South attempted to create a robot of some sort it would be rather crude in design and ultimately fail. It wouldn't pass easily as a human being because it would be a prototype, the first robot ever created by man. If you have looked at any of the Robots now days, none of them could pass off as a human, and it has been over 150 years since then. So I argue that if they cannot look real today then they couldn't back then, (keep in mind this was before the light bulb was invented). But if a robot looked real then and doesn't now that suggests that we did not create that one, but another presence, of a higher tech level than us, made it to influence Earth events. --- Another point I must make is that for the South to use its brainpower to create a robot is not tactically logical. If they were really trying to win that war, they could have created a flying device, an Air Plane, for much less money, time and have an easier time. This would have given them an advantage in battle that no pseudo-assassination could prevent. http://ufology.wikidot.com... * http://www.google.com... Vote Con! - I now wait for the final round and conclusion…