i’m assuming by now you’ve all read about the christian missionary who was killed while trying to convert the uncontacted indigenous north sentinelese tribe in india – which is, in fact, illegal, because the tribe has had absolutely no contact with the outside world and is therefore incredibly vulnerable to foreign contagions and diseases – but what a lot of stories are leaving out is that the guy actually spent several hours on the island, long enough to speak with the members of the tribe and “sing worship songs to them,” before members of the tribe killed him. and he brought along a backpack with some personal possessions, which remained on the island and were handled by members of the tribe. which is to say he fully could have unwittingly infected the tribe with some lethal disease that could wipe all of them out. what kind of narcissistic sociopath.
“Police said Chau had previously visited North Sentinel island about four or five times with the help of local fishermen,” journalist Subir Bhaumik, who has been covering the islands for years, told BBC Hindi.
oh sorry it’s actually worse than i thought, he went to the island multiple times with multiple other outsiders, each time increasing the possibility of exposing the tribe to foreign contagions
A source with access to handwritten notes that Chau gave to the fishermen to pass on to a friend said that Chau described taking scissors, safety pins and a football as gifts to the tribe.
In his notes, the source said, Chau wrote that some members of the tribe were good to him while others were very aggressive.
“I have been so nice to them, why are they so angry and so aggressive?” the source quoted Chau as saying.
HE BROUGHT SCISSORS??? SAFETY PINS??? ITEMS THAT COULD INJURE THE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE???
#not to be controversial but this just comes to show that christian colonizers #do not think of these tribes as thinking feeling autonomous people on the same level as them #or on any level at all: #they see these tribes as savages or animals #this could not be more clearly a matter of reaching some kind of ultimate christian trophy #it’s dehumanizing and evil #like the audacity of this colonizer is cartoonish – he loves them and jesus loves them? #give me a break. #no offense but these people have made their laws and it was within their right to kill this fool
There’s a twitter post running around with source material here: https://twitter.com/Respectabl…/status/1065841141201989632 They’ve been contacted before. Apparently some douche canoe kidnapped some of their people back in the 1800′s and fucked off with them to display them in a circus type situation. I understand the adults died (no immunities) So of course they don’t want to deal with you. Oral history can be a strong thing. 5 or 6 people out of a small population are going to be remembered. Those remaining will take action immediately if they feel threatened. They have every right to feel that way and take appropriate action.
One of the reports I read said Chau had a diary that said he didn’t understand why children were shooting at him with bow and arrow. Dude, they are politely telling you to fuck off (they didn’t kill him that time, I am sure they could have). It’s like a lady being on the bus with earbuds in and a book in front of their face. You kept asking them for a date and you got permanently maced. Too bad no one taught you to take no for an answer.
Folk are screaming about why aren’t the tribes people being held on murder charges. For one, dude broke THEIR laws, and the laws of the country that holds jurisdiction over the island. No contact means no contact. The authorities are trying to figure out how to get dude’s body. Not so much because they think he should have a proper burial, but because they don’t want his germ and virus ridden ass to decimate the island population.
I understand that the fishermen that gave the idiot passage are going to be brought under charges. I don’t know if it will be for murder, or for bribery or what, but dude was the reason for his own demise. Dude had white boy can’t take no for an answer syndrome. Just because dude wasn’t white makes no difference. Actions do have consequences. Too bad he didn’t get the memo. I seriously wonder if the dude was found alive and prosecuted, if he’d have been charged with attempted genocide.
Reblogging again for this excellent addition.
Death By Catchphrase 