May 30, 2008: Uncontacted Indigenous People - Page 2

lumberjim · 05-30-2008, 02:54 PM

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Clodfobble · 05-30-2008, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nephtes

Really? I readily admit that it could be my own ignorance, but I can think of lots and lots of counterexamples (virtually everywhere European nations ever colonized, say) and not very many cases of what you're describing.

Obviously colonization would overwhelm any tribe, especially since that was usually one of the main goals. Who is colonizing these days? The kind of contact we're talking about is researchers going in to talk to them, to learn their language and their culture. There are hundreds of contacted tribes still in existence today, both alongside these uncontacted ones in Brazil and Peru, as well as all across Africa and Central and South America.

I think deliberately hiding from them and keeping them in isolation lowers them to the level of a scientific experiment. They are humans, and our greatest strength as a species is sharing knowledge with each other. They might have a cure for cancer, for all we know. The policy should be leave them alone if they want to be left alone.

Chinditz · 05-30-2008, 04:42 PM

Why is there a guy in a gorillasuit in both pictures?

HungLikeJesus · 05-30-2008, 05:12 PM

Those poor, poor people. They don't even have a Mal-Wart. How much longer can they survive?

Oafed · 05-30-2008, 06:40 PM

Is it just me or is their skin color VERY red or VERY black? Too bad we don't have some close-ups! We should secretly study them or something

xoxoxoBruce · 05-30-2008, 10:26 PM

The red ones seem to be the ones shooting arrows at the chopper. I wonder if they color their designated bowmen brightly, like nature puts bright colors on poisonous critters?

DucksNuts · 05-31-2008, 06:54 AM

That looks exactly like my sims game!!

Im not convinced its legit

freshnesschronic · 05-31-2008, 07:10 AM

I would have no idea what the hell to do concerning this.
Just, wow.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-31-2008, 12:12 PM

We could test 'em.

Griff · 05-31-2008, 01:01 PM

Damn tax evaders.

spudcon · 05-31-2008, 05:10 PM

The archers and the guy in the gorilla suit are trying to scare the chopper away from the tribe's big ball of aluminum foil.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-31-2008, 09:47 PM

That's Frank's foil.

Oafed · 06-01-2008, 01:10 AM

Dude Bruce - that is totally not "Frank". It's some savage chick.

Cicero · 06-01-2008, 02:21 AM

LJ that must have been one of your best posts eva!!!

lol! That rocked!!!

spudcon · 06-01-2008, 05:36 AM

Well, whoever or whatever he/she is, he/she's using a hula hoop.

05-30-2008, 02:54 PM	#16
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05-30-2008, 05:12 PM	#19
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Those poor, poor people. They don't even have a Mal-Wart. How much longer can they survive? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-30-2008, 10:26 PM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The red ones seem to be the ones shooting arrows at the chopper. I wonder if they color their designated bowmen brightly, like nature puts bright colors on poisonous critters? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2008, 12:12 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	We could test 'em. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2008, 01:01 PM	#25
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Damn tax evaders. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-30-2008, 04:42 PM	#18
Chinditz Cuius testicles habet, habet cardeum et cerebellum Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rotterdam city center Posts: 15	Why is there a guy in a gorillasuit in both pictures?

05-30-2008, 06:40 PM	#20
Oafed So many stupid people... So few comets Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 18	Is it just me or is their skin color VERY red or VERY black? Too bad we don't have some close-ups! We should secretly study them or something

05-31-2008, 06:54 AM	#22
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	That looks exactly like my sims game!! Im not convinced its legit

05-31-2008, 07:10 AM	#23
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	I would have no idea what the hell to do concerning this. Just, wow.

05-31-2008, 05:10 PM	#26
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	The archers and the guy in the gorilla suit are trying to scare the chopper away from the tribe's big ball of aluminum foil. Attached Images __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

05-31-2008, 09:47 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's Frank's foil. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-01-2008, 01:10 AM	#28
Oafed So many stupid people... So few comets Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 18	Nope! Not Frank! Dude Bruce - that is totally not "Frank". It's some savage chick.

06-01-2008, 02:21 AM	#29
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	LJ that must have been one of your best posts eva!!! lol! That rocked!!! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

06-01-2008, 05:36 AM	#30
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Well, whoever or whatever he/she is, he/she's using a hula hoop. Attached Images __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

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