When i first heard it, I also found it funny how desperate people can be for hope. Caught up in the nostalgia. It's our world...we've got to sort it out ourselves. Then the idea of our alien neighbours popping around the corner to say "Hi! Wow..what a mess your house is..let me help you clean it up" seemed quite exciting. Imagine if we did get off that easy
then..well..we'd create the same mess all over again.
Oh well, it was a beautiful evening