 What is the central irony of the Venusian delegate's message?
The saucer was interesting, but where was the delegate? The DELEGATE FROM VENUS By HENRY SLESAR ILLUSTRATOR NOVICK Everybody was waiting to see what the delegate from Venus looked like. And all they got for their patience was the biggest surprise since David clobbered Goliath. " Let me put it this way," Conners said paternally. "We expect a certain amount of decorum from our Washington news correspondents, and that's all I'm asking for." Jerry Bridges, sitting in the chair opposite his employer's desk, chewed on his knuckles and said nothing. One part of his mind wanted him to play it cagey, to behave the way the newspaper wanted him to behave, to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited four years to get. But another part of him, a rebel part, wanted him to stay on the trail of the story he felt sure was about to break. "I didn't mean to make trouble, Mr. Conners," he said casually. "It just seemed strange, all these exchanges of couriers in the past two days. "Even if that's true, we'll hear about it through the usual channels," Conners frowned. "But getting a senator's secretary drunk to obtain information—well, that's not only indiscreet, Bridges. "I didn't take that kind of advantage, Mr. Conners. Not that she wasn't a toothsome little dish ..." "Just thank your lucky stars that it didn't go any further. And from now on—" He waggled a finger at him. "Don't kid me, Mr. Conners. He met Ruskin, the fat little AP correspondent, in front of the Pan-American Building on Constitution Avenue. Ruskin was holding the newspaper that contained the gossip-column item which had started the whole affair, and he seemed more interested in the romantic rather than political implications. As he walked beside him, he said: "So what really happened, pal? "Ruskin," Jerry said, "you have a low mind.
 It uses threatening means in order to achieve a peaceful desired outcome
 It self destructs in the same way that it promises to devastate Earth's population, if Earth does not fulfill its terms  It glorifies war and violence despite the fact that Venus is the goddess of love  It's artificial intelligence is undecipherable by the most intelligent scientists from each major country on Earth  It uses threatening means in order to achieve a peaceful desired outcome