The Martian Observer would take a gander at al Qaeda attacks over the 90s and 00s, and conclude that al Qaeda, more than anything, has declared a War on Hotels.

They would fumble to a degree to explain the point of ideological opposition.  Is it something about the building material, or the styles of architecture?  Perhaps they’d clue in to some degrees of modernity and cosmopolitanism which threatens their order, and if they do they’d be on a better road to understanding the situation.  But perhaps not.

And if not, the Martian Observer would flesh out a war plan.  Perhaps an appeasement strategy — tear down the hotels, build up campgrounds in their stead (that is, if they come to understand the point of a hotel) — perhaps tighter control of the buildings — fortress them all in so nobody can come in (this would suppose they haven’t figured out the purpose of a hotel).

One question that might come up:  all of them?

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