North Sentinel Island

[the game]

So North Sentinel island in the Bay of Bengal is the home of one of the last uncontacted tribes in the world. All attempts to communicate with them have basically resulted in the tribe attacking and killing anyone who approaches the island. This has resulted in laws passed to make it illegal to approach the island.

Should we keep trying to make contact with them?


https://curiosity.com/topics/north-s...rth-curiosity/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sentinel_Island

[Cerilis]

No. Why would we? They apparently don't want contact.

[Chinese Bootlickers]

If the volley of arrows and spears with every visit wasn't clue enough, I think we should leave them alone, for both moral and historic/scientific reasons. They already have it bad enough with the weather, losing large numbers with the boxing day tsunami.

[Cerilis]

Are you defending racists here?

lol, I'm not taking that bait.

[Dug]

Nah leave them be.

No, this isn't the same thing as mouth breathing xenophobe fantasies

[Rustedsaint]

No fuck erm,
they assholes who attack nearly everyone who’s approaches them.

[Everwake]

Why haven't they taken in any refugees yet??

[Dalheim]

Clearly they want to be left alone, so leave them, what's the problem?

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While you're absolutely right that my intention was a bit baity, and good on you for not fallig for it, there is something to it, in a sense. If we Germans would demand the same - to be left alone by outsiders - and applied lethal force to make sure of that... I mean, what's the difference, really? But the semtiments would be sliiightly different, won't they?

There is a huge difference. Germany has always been open, while this Island hasn't. They've never had any contact with us ''outlanders'' nor do they want to, as they literally kill anyone who dare tread upon their lands.

[IIamaKing]

Leave em be, it'd be nice if we could some how study them w/o interfering.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

I would like to see video footage of somebody in a piloted mech-suit drop down on the shore and see the native's reactions.

Even better, under the cover of nightfall, drop one of those giant robotic dinosaur things you see in prank videos and set up cameras.

I just read they have not yet discovered fire. So drop a massive molten nickle ball on their shore, lmao.

[zealo]

Leave them be.

Their aggressive behaviour is evidence enough they don't want anything to do with outsiders.

[Afrospinach]

Leave em be, it'd be nice if we could some how study them w/o interfering.

Predator drones!

[Erran Morad]

Are you defending racists here?

What evidence do you have that suggests that their refusal to be approached stems from a belief in racial hierarchy ?

[Templar 331]

I think they know what happened to all the other peoples we "contacted."

[The Stormbringer]

Leave em be, it'd be nice if we could some how study them w/o interfering.

We'll set up a cloaked outpost, like in Star Trek!

[Svifnymr]

It was, as said, an intentionally provocative reply by me. But really: What is "get those outsiders away from me" if not the core of racism?

The UN should totally apply international sanctions to punish them! Cut off all trade if they refuse to open to the world!

[Erran Morad]

It was, as said, an intentionally provocative reply by me. But really: What is "get those outsiders away from me" if not the core of racism?

I think you are confusing racism with xenophobia.

You can fear foreigners without thinking they are inferior to yourself.

[IIamaKing]

We'll set up a cloaked outpost, like in Star Trek!

A Duck Blind!!! I had this thought but figured the reference would be lost.

[Sky High]

unless they're sitting on oil or rare metals then whats the point exactly?

[Frozenbeef]

Nuke and move on to next issue.