MaliciousHippie
MaliciousHippie t1_j695nss wrote
Reply to comment by Triassic_Bark in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH
>Why do you assume that tribal law is automatically bad? >
Little oversight due to lack of peers, I'm sure they still have a justice system of sorts though
>Why do you assume they want to go somewhere else? They could build boats and leave if they wanted. >
I assume most creatures with sentience tend to desire to branch out on occasion, also idk if the isolated North Sentinelese tribe can just up and make a seafaring craft anymore, it's been 60k years since they've arrived on the Island.
>Where would the flu come from? >
Ok sure, maybe not the flu, how about contracting a disease from an infected carcass?
>You seem to be making a lot of assumptions about them and their lives.
Well, since I'm not going to go and meet them anytime soon, then yes, that is what I'm doing, because visiting them would very possibly kill them.
MaliciousHippie t1_j67r1p7 wrote
Reply to comment by Kina_mines in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH
I imagine life is pretty brutal in the Sentinelese islands.
For starters your entire existence is dictated by tribal law
Second, you have nowhere else to go
Third, no modern medical equipment, the flu will end their lives
Lastly there is limited agriculture
On on hand you are free from the burden of choice, but on the other you aren't given many choices at all.
I'm sure some have found peace, while others suffer silently
MaliciousHippie t1_j698zi3 wrote
Reply to comment by Swedishboy360 in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH
While it's easy to romanticize the avoidance of Civilization while we're in it, I don't really think life is "better" for them.
I think it makes "us" feel better, because we can say we kept someone away from it all, but in reality it we're just gatekeeping.
The country of Iceland (372k people) has an app because accidental incest was such a thing, now how do you think the Sentinelese (<200people ) are doing? You need around 500 or so to be able to avoid "genetic drift"
All that being said, I do think we should leave them alone
But on the other, if it turned out the island had used their young women to breed like cattle as soon as they're fertile, would we still leave them to their isolated ways?