The Day The Earth Stood Still Seminar Reflection

In this seminar, I found that one topic really stuck out to me. When we were on the topic of the way people reacted when they saw the alien in The Day the Earth Stood Still, we got onto the topic of how people ran away when the ship arrived, but returned as soon as military people surrounded it. The thing that got me was when Erik said, "people feel they need the military to approach the situation." This started getting me to the idea that even though people seem so strongly against militant forces, they still cling to them for protection.