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Very interesting. I wish there was a way to share basic medicine etc to improve their life quality without further damage to their existence. It's a shame to ha

by epilys 5y ago

Very interesting. I wish there was a way to share basic medicine etc to improve their life quality without further damage to their existence. It's a shame to have means of reducing suffering and not share them with your fellow beings.

smcl 5y ago
Yeah it's gotta be hard to figure out where the line is between helping and interfering. A few accounts of the Sentinelese suggest they don't want any help but I think some of the peaceful exchanges in the past show that they don't mind contact and are happy to receive packages of food and bits of iron for tools. All I know is that I'm not gonna be the one to reach out, an American preacher repeatedly tried to do so a few years back and ended up killed as a result. It was 100% his own fault, on one of his attempts a Sentinelese kid fired an arrow at him that struck his bible which if I was religious I would have taken as a sign to GTFO ...
- mrob 5y ago
  >on one of his attempts a Sentinelese kid fired an arrow at him that struck his bible which if I was religious I would have taken as a sign to GTFO ... If I was religious I'd have interpreted it as God protecting me, like in the tales of bibles stopping bullets.
  - smcl 5y ago
    Oh funny, I didn't think of it that way but I guess it's about where you imagine the bible was. I visualized him waving the bible around when an arrow pierces it as if to say "god has no power here, this is your only warning, there won't be another" But if it was in his shirt pocket, then yeah that could indeed be interpreted the other way round!
Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago
This reminds me of the allegory of the cave, and one observation I've had, or maybe stolen?, of it. Who is anyone to invade another's life, uninvited, and tell them how they're living wrong? Would their subjective life experience really be better if they were chasing the next iPhone, pickup truck, opium den, bonus, or sexcapade? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

by epilys 5y ago

smcl 5y ago

Yeah it's gotta be hard to figure out where the line is between helping and interfering. A few accounts of the Sentinelese suggest they don't want any help but I think some of the peaceful exchanges in the past show that they don't mind contact and are happy to receive packages of food and bits of iron for tools. All I know is that I'm not gonna be the one to reach out, an American preacher repeatedly tried to do so a few years back and ended up killed as a result. It was 100% his own fault, on one of his attempts a Sentinelese kid fired an arrow at him that struck his bible which if I was religious I would have taken as a sign to GTFO ...

mrob 5y ago
>on one of his attempts a Sentinelese kid fired an arrow at him that struck his bible which if I was religious I would have taken as a sign to GTFO ... If I was religious I'd have interpreted it as God protecting me, like in the tales of bibles stopping bullets.
- smcl 5y ago
  Oh funny, I didn't think of it that way but I guess it's about where you imagine the bible was. I visualized him waving the bible around when an arrow pierces it as if to say "god has no power here, this is your only warning, there won't be another" But if it was in his shirt pocket, then yeah that could indeed be interpreted the other way round!

Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago

This reminds me of the allegory of the cave, and one observation I've had, or maybe stolen?, of it. Who is anyone to invade another's life, uninvited, and tell them how they're living wrong? Would their subjective life experience really be better if they were chasing the next iPhone, pickup truck, opium den, bonus, or sexcapade? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave