General / Off-Topic An American is dead under the arrows of the Sentinelese
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Don't know, don't care. I'm also quite sick of the "Faux rage" epidemic that is sweeping the world.
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I sincerely doubt that. They are not invading the US.
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Well spotted, this is a common thing across the news.
And yes, the guy should be nominated for the Darwin Award.
Agree with everybody who said the guy was an absolute plonker and deserved what he got. Sorry. Yes I'm sorry for his loss to his family, but not to the idiot himself. Total and utter selfish git with no thought about the potential harm he was exposing the indigenous people to.
And also agree with the nationality comments; he was a guy, acting on his own. Nothing to do with any nation.
If anything, the US should work closely with the Indian government to protect the island and its inhabitants from similarly-inclined people, given that, in this instance, it was one of their own nationals that contravened the local laws and potentially exposed the indigenous people to a deadly (to them) disease.
Anybody outraged at the murder should be more outraged at the guy potentially murdering an entire island full of people.
And I hope those fishermen get locked up for a long time too (again, sad for their families and dependants, but them's the breaks). Deterrent for anybody else trying this foolishness for a quick buck. Unfortunately the world turns on money, not on common sense or what is right or wrong.
And also agree with the nationality comments; he was a guy, acting on his own. Nothing to do with any nation.
If anything, the US should work closely with the Indian government to protect the island and its inhabitants from similarly-inclined people, given that, in this instance, it was one of their own nationals that contravened the local laws and potentially exposed the indigenous people to a deadly (to them) disease.
Anybody outraged at the murder should be more outraged at the guy potentially murdering an entire island full of people.
And I hope those fishermen get locked up for a long time too (again, sad for their families and dependants, but them's the breaks). Deterrent for anybody else trying this foolishness for a quick buck. Unfortunately the world turns on money, not on common sense or what is right or wrong.
It seems that he was a missionary who wanted to convert the tribe to Christianity.
The guy was a well intentioned idiot. He would have known that it's forbidden to make contact with them and of the likely consequences, if for whatever reason, belief or hope he chose to ignore that he has nobody to blame but himself. The tribe are saving their own lives by killing outsiders, their immune systems will not be able to cope with diseases they have not been exposed to. Killing him might be considered a bit drastic to us on the outside but if the likely outcome of allowing an outsider into the area is the deaths of a lot of tribes people, you can see why they think that kind of response is justified.
I'm not a religious person, but I must stress out the fact that, despite not being very smart, I'm pretty sure this person thought he was doing good for the people in the island approaching them to share his believes. I'm not trying to defend him nor the act, but all things considered his intentions were not harmful.
A well-intentioned idiot is still an idiot.
However the behavior of this tribe can not be 100% approved.
Imagine that a person or a group of people is the victim of the sinking of their boat and accidentally fail on the island.
The massacre in this case would be justified ?
Imagine that a person or a group of people is the victim of the sinking of their boat and accidentally fail on the island.
The massacre in this case would be justified ?
The tresspass zone is set in place to avoid this (accidentally landing on the island) from happening. For that to happen the 'victims' have to ignore some of the warnings and few of the laws on purpose to start with..
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Imagine if you lived in a community of 5000 people on an island where every other person outside your community had a disease which would kill 20% of your community if one of the outsiders came too close, what would you do?
It would be very unfortunate for the survivor of the boat accident but you can see why they would take that action.
May I pitch in...
1) These isolated tribes should be kept isolated especially if they also want to be isolated. If something fails within our society they can restart. They also remind us where we come from. Their way of life might teach us something later on something we might not need now.
2) India and if necessary the UN should declare these zones as no go zones and patrol them. In which case the answer to post about an accident nearby would not happen or the likelihood of it happening would be so remote that if it happened and survivors get killed by the tribe I would not judge the tribe badly it is an accident as much as I am not going to judge the species of lions if one lion eats a lost hiker in Africa. I won't even judge the lion who killed the human.
3) Although the guy was well intentioned that is a subjective statement from the point of view of a Christian he was but I can bet you from the point of view of another religion he was not. All points of view are relative. I would subscribe to the view that non-interference cannot be judged so do not interfere.
4) India and surrounding countries should make travelling to that area punishable by imprisonment and confiscation of assets to deter anyone ferrying observers or preachers.
5) Ah yes and the *insert nationality here* is right on! it is so obvious that the intention is that Nationality should matter or that it should determine our reaction. This has been used to manipulate people's reaction to a news item for so long everyone seems to miss out the implication and fall for it. Myself included many times, and a post like that makes you realise that the writer is not just telling you what happened but every so slightly tilting your mind in the thought direction he/she wants.
....over and out
1) These isolated tribes should be kept isolated especially if they also want to be isolated. If something fails within our society they can restart. They also remind us where we come from. Their way of life might teach us something later on something we might not need now.
2) India and if necessary the UN should declare these zones as no go zones and patrol them. In which case the answer to post about an accident nearby would not happen or the likelihood of it happening would be so remote that if it happened and survivors get killed by the tribe I would not judge the tribe badly it is an accident as much as I am not going to judge the species of lions if one lion eats a lost hiker in Africa. I won't even judge the lion who killed the human.
3) Although the guy was well intentioned that is a subjective statement from the point of view of a Christian he was but I can bet you from the point of view of another religion he was not. All points of view are relative. I would subscribe to the view that non-interference cannot be judged so do not interfere.
4) India and surrounding countries should make travelling to that area punishable by imprisonment and confiscation of assets to deter anyone ferrying observers or preachers.
5) Ah yes and the *insert nationality here* is right on! it is so obvious that the intention is that Nationality should matter or that it should determine our reaction. This has been used to manipulate people's reaction to a news item for so long everyone seems to miss out the implication and fall for it. Myself included many times, and a post like that makes you realise that the writer is not just telling you what happened but every so slightly tilting your mind in the thought direction he/she wants.
....over and out
The tribe must create a no man's land area on the island.
I like your way of thinking.
They certainly could but it's probably easier for them to just shoot visitors instead
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He knew the warnings and ignored them and considering American history with indiginous indian tribes, him being killed aint really that surprising...not gonna say deserved but thems the breaks. People do stupid things and sometimes it kills them, thats just the natural order of things...nothing to see here move along and leave them be after they bury the idiot.
As fer him spreading his religion...religion is a disease of the mind and this idiot is the worst kind. Technically a carrier actively trying to spread whatever cancer they believe in and as anyone in the civilized world knows, cancerous tumors should be removed as quickly as possible. This has been done...so whats the issue again? Hes american? Why does that make him special? His nationality isnt relevant or would the same outrage exist fer an Indian who got lost?
As fer him spreading his religion...religion is a disease of the mind and this idiot is the worst kind. Technically a carrier actively trying to spread whatever cancer they believe in and as anyone in the civilized world knows, cancerous tumors should be removed as quickly as possible. This has been done...so whats the issue again? Hes american? Why does that make him special? His nationality isnt relevant or would the same outrage exist fer an Indian who got lost?
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