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American man killed by the Sentinelese tribe
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Islands are entitled to defend themselves
What has our own island just done voted for Brexit...so we can control immigration Of course we use passport and custom control but what if immigrants still get in? Maybe we could consider arrows, by and large it works for the Sentinelese Indians  Civilisation as an ordered society that it's inhabitants want, you do not seem to understand this lfc 1971 |
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nonsense ebul , I think more people died than wanted to die in the Aztec ‘ civilisation ‘
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I do not think anyone wants to die lfc1971 do you?
I would have to do some research on the Aztecs tbh. The Spaniards did everything they did for GOLD they used religion as cover. Back to this case this missionary's actions risked causing disease, epidemics and even destruction to these people. This was neither a civilised or Christian act, it was extremely thoughtless and very bad. I have absolutely no sympathy with this missionary whatsoever, he got what he deserved, I hope his body does not harm these people. Perhaps controlled contact which poses no risk to these people may be achievable in the future. But they are probably reasonably happy as they are, what we have never had, we don't miss. We do not all need the latest iPhone to achieve happiness. |
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Looks like Mr Chau's family can forget about getting the body for a funeral..
Indian authorities say they have no plans to recover the body of John Allen Chau, an American missionary who was killed by members of an isolated tribe on a remote island. An anthropologist involved in the case told the Guardian authorities had concluded that for now it was impossible to retrieve the remains of Chau without provoking further conflict with the Sentinelese, the small tribe who populate North Sentinel Island. “We have decided not to disturb the Sentinelese,” said the anthropologist, who asked not to be named. “We have not tried to contact them for the past many days, and have decided not to continue trying.” He said it had been determined that any further efforts to retrieve Chau’s body carried an unacceptably high “possibility of clash between the outsiders and the Sentinelese”. “We should not hamper their sentiments,” he said. “They shoot arrows on any invader. That is their message, saying don’t come on the island, and we respect this.” He said there were concerns that continued surveys of the island could force the Sentinelese to disrupt their daily patterns to begin guarding the island more closely – further disrupting a community that Indian government policy says should be left alone. He said the message had been relayed to the US embassy in Delhi. “They understand the situation and are not pressing us,” the source said. |
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Btw, how did this tribe manage to get to this isolated island 60,000 years ago?
I think it was a sea level thing yeah. Every time there was a pause in the ice ages there would be a big rise in sea level. Likely they were part of a larger tribe in a coastal area and and then one day they are cut off and that was that. The island was never colonized because it is way too difficult to get to. I read there are only 2 months a year a ship can approach land without being cut to pieces by the coral reefs and even then it is a big possibility for a wreck. When the British first sailed past in the 1700s and saw black people on the beach they assumed they were survivors of a slave ship wreck and had only been there 10 years or so. Maybe 100,000 years  |