Author Topic: Uncontacted tribe spotted in Brazil (Read 12605 times)

280plus · « **Reply #25 on:** May 30, 2008, 01:52:16 PM »

I wonder if they're privy to that myth of white gods coming and similarly mistake the white men for gods.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #26 on:** May 30, 2008, 02:31:01 PM »

Quote from: 280plus on May 30, 2008, 12:52:16 PM

I wonder if they're privy to that myth of white gods coming and similarly mistake the white men for gods.

That would be so cool. cheesy

K Frame · « **Reply #27 on:** May 30, 2008, 02:42:44 PM »

Quote from: mtnbkr on May 30, 2008, 08:55:42 AM

You left out the Syphilis.

Chris

A lot of people believe that syphilis was a new world disease, and didn't hit Europeans until they stopped by to civilize the savages.

K Frame · « **Reply #28 on:** May 30, 2008, 02:43:41 PM »

Quote from: Balog on May 30, 2008, 08:58:43 AM

Quote from: Mike Irwin on May 30, 2008, 07:47:14 AM

But we must bring civilization to these naked savages!

If we don't, they will continue to be naked savages and won't be able to benefit from the miracles of credit cards, cell phones, and reruns of Friends!

If they refuse to be civilized, we must slaughter them to save them.

And refrigeration, more than subsistance level agriculture, vaccinations etc etc. If you were really so enamored of a Dark Ages lifestyle you'd be living in the jungles eating grubs too.

Colonial powers treatment of native peoples has often been exploitive..... doesn't mean a stone age lifestyle is better.

Doesn't anyone get sarcastic humor anymore, or has syphilis rotted everyone's brains?

The weekend has barely started and it's already overflowing with 'tards...

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #29 on:** May 30, 2008, 03:14:02 PM »

Quote from: French G. on May 30, 2008, 10:54:38 AM

I vote an airdrop of RPGs and AKs to keep civilization at bay. Might be a steep and slippery learning curve though.

Yeah, especially the RPGs.
Mebbe they know where the Incan treasure is. Send 'em to Gitmo.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 30, 2008, 03:22:45 PM »

Just drop one Coke bottle in their midst.

(For those who didn't get Charby's hint...)

Bigjake · « **Reply #31 on:** May 30, 2008, 04:59:45 PM »

Shame Tecumseh isn't here to tell us about Christian missionaries raping and pillaging like modern day vikings.

RocketMan · « **Reply #32 on:** May 30, 2008, 05:02:30 PM »

Quote from: Bigjake on May 30, 2008, 03:59:45 PM

Shame Tecumseh isn't here to tell us about Christian missionaries raping and pillaging like modern day vikings.

I kinda miss the little....wait a minute, no I don't.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #33 on:** May 30, 2008, 05:09:03 PM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on May 30, 2008, 01:42:44 PM

Quote from: mtnbkr on May 30, 2008, 08:55:42 AM

You left out the Syphilis.

Chris

A lot of people believe that syphilis was a new world disease, and didn't hit Europeans until they stopped by to civilize the savages.

Didn't say which way the "gift" was going.

Chris

LAK · « **Reply #34 on:** May 30, 2008, 06:57:38 PM »

They need to be vaccinated and taxed!! We just can not allow people to exist on earth without it.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #35 on:** May 30, 2008, 07:10:58 PM »

Quote from: Bigjake on May 30, 2008, 03:59:45 PM

Shame Tecumseh isn't here to tell us about Christian missionaries raping and pillaging like modern day vikings.

I'll tell you all about it when we get back. My church was tasked to deploy over there, and we're leaving tomorrow. Not much pillaging to be done amongst such naked savages, but there's always the raping, right?

Oh, wait a tic. Just got word the UN beat us to it. rolleyes

stevelyn · « **Reply #36 on:** May 30, 2008, 07:20:43 PM »

Quote from: Chris on May 30, 2008, 09:45:12 AM

To be serious for a minute, how cool is it that these people having been living in this area for God knows how long, and despite all of our great technological advances, we just now discovered their very existence. I find it simply amazing to be reminded just how little we do know in this day and age when people think that we know it all. imagine what's left here to discover, much less out there beyond the Moon. Too cool.

The probability that Bigfoot, Yeti, Nessie, Champ, chupacabras, space aliens, et al, may exist and may one day be proven so has increased dramatically by this discovery.

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A lot of people believe that syphilis was a new world disease, and didn't hit Europeans until they stopped by to civilize the savages.

I always thought syphilis was an old world disease that come about as a result of Europeans and Middle Easterners poking fun at sheep.

Antibubba · « **Reply #37 on:** May 30, 2008, 07:30:27 PM »

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More than half the world's 100 uncontacted tribes live in Brazil or Peru,

Quite a few in Northern California too--no contact with the outside world since the days when Jimi Hendrix was still alive.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #38 on:** May 30, 2008, 08:52:36 PM »

A lot of people have made the mistake of thinking that such "savages" are defenseless. They never see a warrior moving silently through the forest, and their last sensation is the sting of a dart.

280plus · « **Reply #39 on:** May 31, 2008, 02:29:04 AM »

In Australia anyways usually the last thing you saw was a spearhead sticking out of your chest.

I'm thinking representatives from McDonalds, Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts should be arriving shortly. laugh

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #40 on:** May 31, 2008, 03:58:41 AM »

The Avon Lady is in closer range:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2D9113FF934A35754C0A963958260

Iain · « **Reply #41 on:** May 31, 2008, 04:19:30 AM »

Quote from: stevelyn on May 30, 2008, 06:20:43 PM

The probability that Bigfoot, Yeti, Nessie, Champ, chupacabras, space aliens, et al, may exist and may one day be proven so has increased dramatically by this discovery.

There's quite a difference between undiscovered and uncontacted. They could probably have proved the existence of settlements using satellites.

Not contacting will likely be a deliberate policy for reasons discussed above.

seeker_two · « **Reply #42 on:** May 31, 2008, 04:26:05 AM »

I think we should take steps to make sure civilization leaves them alone and untouched....maybe ring the area with Metalstorms and SAM's set to launch when an electrical source (aircraft, radio, etc) is detected..... grin

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #43 on:** May 31, 2008, 05:43:21 AM »

the main issue is the unwanted contact from strip miners and deforesters that are crossing the border into Brazil to pillage

seeker_two · « **Reply #44 on:** May 31, 2008, 07:50:47 AM »

Quote from: Harold Tuttle on May 31, 2008, 04:43:21 AM

the main issue is the unwanted contact from strip miners and deforesters that are crossing the border into Brazil to pillage

They got radios too.... grin

mfree · « **Reply #45 on:** May 31, 2008, 09:29:50 AM »

They aren't uncontacted.

We sent a big metal demon to hover over them for a few minutes. That stuff just don't go away.

The Annoyed Man · « **Reply #46 on:** May 31, 2008, 09:32:01 AM »

Quote from: mfree on May 31, 2008, 08:29:50 AM

They aren't uncontacted.

We sent a big metal demon to hover over them for a few minutes. That stuff just don't go away.

Does that mean it's now a free-for-all to sell glass beads and whiskey? laugh

xavier fremboe · « **Reply #47 on:** May 31, 2008, 10:54:07 AM »

Well the chopper already violated the prime directive, so unless someone has a neuralizer, I guess we should set up the bead booth.

seeker_two · « **Reply #48 on:** May 31, 2008, 10:56:32 AM »

Quote from: xavier fremboe on May 31, 2008, 09:54:07 AM

Well the chopper already violated the prime directive, so unless someone has a neuralizer, I guess we should set up the bead booth.

Or one of those asteroid zapper/memory erasers from Star Trek.....

I AM KIROK!!! grin

Tallpine · « **Reply #49 on:** May 31, 2008, 04:41:41 PM »

Also, remember that "stone age tribe" that the NGS "discovered" in the Philipines back in the 1970s ... rolleyes

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Author Topic: Uncontacted tribe spotted in Brazil (Read 12605 times)