> If they want to trade, share ideas and generally meet with the rest of the world From what I get, they don't want that. In a sense I am fine with their recl

> If they want to trade, share ideas and generally meet with the rest of the world From what I get, they don't want that. In a sense I am fine with their reclusion, what's bugging me is the enforcement of a status quo in regard to their tradition. Even without external influence, it should evolve, and rules should naturally adapt to their environment. I mean, even their current tradition didn't fall fully formed from the sky, and some of the reasoning behind it is explained clearly (for instance population control). They must have started from a pragmatic point of view to build these traditions, and it seems the thinking process behind these just vanished or got "vanished" by people with an agenda going beyond preserving culture. I am thinking about the mormons, who aren't as secluse, but also think by themselves about what they want to ingest and what they won't embrace. Nobody's there saying "you don't have the right to go see mormons and tell them things, it would disturb them".