The Cellar - View Single Post - May 30, 2008: Uncontacted Indigenous People

Flint · 06-07-2008, 09:50 PM

We're weighing all the benefits we have to offer on one hand, and on the other: ??? (nothing). We don't know anything about them, so naturally we assume that they need our fancy bullshit. What I'm arguing against is that we have some kind of moral obligation to interfere with them, presumably because they are unable to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, if they have any kind of oral history of contact with Europeans, then I'd say there is about a 99.999999999% chance that they are avoiding us on purpose. . . . And I didn't just pull those numbers out of my ass.

06-07-2008, 09:50 PM	#194
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	We're weighing all the benefits we have to offer on one hand, and on the other: ??? (nothing). We don't know anything about them, so naturally we assume that they need our fancy bullshit. What I'm arguing against is that we have some kind of moral obligation to interfere with them, presumably because they are unable to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, if they have any kind of oral history of contact with Europeans, then I'd say there is about a 99.999999999% chance that they are avoiding us on purpose. . . . And I didn't just pull those numbers out of my ass. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 06-07-2008 at 10:00 PM. Reason: cock