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    Probably Drunk Member Reverend Joe's Avatar
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    Default Re: What to do about "undiscovered" natives?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar View Post
    Go watch some Star Trek.
    I was afraid of that... I have vague memories of references to such a thing on other shows, generally in mocking reference to it.

    And, frankly, I pride myself on not knowing what all that ridiculous crap means.

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    It seems to me the people behind the 'Survival International' Group are bigots of the highest order.

    How many among us would really like to live such a life, where half (or more!) of those born die in childhood, where every day is a struggle, literally, to survive? So what must the 'Survival' group think of those people to insist they enjoy it and that such a life is best for them. I can hardly comprehend it.

    If you saw your neighbor living in a hut like an ancient peasant, barely scraping by on sustenance farming, half of their children dead, would you pass them by, thinking they must enjoy it?

    Something like what Australia did in PNG would seem best in this situation.

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    Default Re: What to do about "undiscovered" natives?

    And, frankly, I pride myself on not knowing what all that ridiculous crap means.

    I wouldn't even class myself as a trekkie, i think i became a fully fledged geek with my explanation of the prime directive... lets keep that to ourselves ;)
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    Default Re: What to do about "undiscovered" natives?

    Leave em be, helping out others only gets you in trouble. Besides, according to Cannibal Holocaust the jungle is where non-natives go to die unless they have a tape recorder.
    Last edited by discovery1; 06-18-2008 at 06:31.


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    Default Re: What to do about "undiscovered" natives?

    Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
    It seems to me the people behind the 'Survival International' Group are bigots of the highest order.

    How many among us would really like to live such a life, where half (or more!) of those born die in childhood, where every day is a struggle, literally, to survive? So what must the 'Survival' group think of those people to insist they enjoy it and that such a life is best for them. I can hardly comprehend it.

    If you saw your neighbor living in a hut like an ancient peasant, barely scraping by on sustenance farming, half of their children dead, would you pass them by, thinking they must enjoy it?

    Something like what Australia did in PNG would seem best in this situation.

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