NOTE FROM JOHN:

While the United States and its allies consider how to
handle alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden,
we thought we’d consider how some of our
favorite people would deal with the issue:

The Top 7 Ways Science Fiction
Characters Would Deal With Osama bin Laden

7> Seven of Nine: “Cover *this* body with schmattes? Prepare to be assimilated, drone-bait!”

6> Jabba the Hutt: Make bin Laden wear the little gold bikini and dance for him until Jabba tired of him and tossed him to the Sarlaac.

5> Lt. Ripley & Cpl. Hicks: Nuke him from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.

4> Montgomery Scott: Channel a tachyon pulse through the main deflector dish. (Hey, it works for everything else.)

3> Michael Valentine Smith: Use overwhelming psychic powers to calm him. Then have sex with him.

2> James T Kirk: Would punch him out, then nail his wife.

and the Number 1 Way a Science Fiction Character Would Deal With
Osama bin Laden…

1> Hari Seldon: Explain to bin Laden, through psychohistory, exactly how events lead up to his ass getting kicked halfway across the galaxy.

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Credits:

Selected from 31 submissions from 12 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Steve Thomas, Atlanta, GA — 1, 6 (2nd #1)
Greg Preece, Toronto, ON — 2
Joseph Moore, Concord, CA — 3
Charles d’Olive, Waterloo, IA — 4, Topic, RU list name
Toby Click, Macon, GA — 5
Fran Fruit, Winnetka, IL — 7
John Mozena, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI — Prime Director