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US Christian Missionary endanger the lives of inhabitants on isolated Indian island
Spiritual_Chaos
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An American Christian missionary is thought to have been killed by tribespeople from one of the world's most isolated communities on a remote island hundreds of miles off the coast of India, according to officials.
The 27-year-old American, identified as John Allen Chau, came to India on a tourist visa but came to the Andaman and Nicobar islands in October with the express purpose of proselytizing, Dependra Pathak, Director General of Police of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, told CNN.
"We refuse to call him a tourist. Yes, he came on a tourist visa but he came with a specific purpose to preach on a prohibited island," Pathak said.
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The 27-year-old American, identified as John Allen Chau, came to India on a tourist visa but came to the Andaman and Nicobar islands in October with the express purpose of proselytizing, Dependra Pathak, Director General of Police of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, told CNN.
"We refuse to call him a tourist. Yes, he came on a tourist visa but he came with a specific purpose to preach on a prohibited island," Pathak said.
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Survival International, a nongovernmental group that says it is dedicated to tribal peoples' rights, said Indian authorities should ensure outsiders not make contact with the tribe, because of the risk of disease or threats to their land.
"The Sentinelese have shown again and again that they want to be left alone, and their wishes should be respected," the group said. "The British colonial occupation of the Andaman Islands decimated the tribes living there, wiping out thousands of tribespeople, and only a fraction of the original population now survive. So the Sentinelese fear of outsiders is very understandable."
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/21/asia/andaman-nicobar-us-missionary-killed-intl/index.html?no-st=1542882539
My Comment: Fucking Idiot. On twitter people are calling him a martyr and suggests they should keep sending christian nut-jobs over there.
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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The people who took him there have been arrested.
The island is under the protection of India and even the police and military stay away.
Is it something completely different from other groups of people living away from our society but still interact in some fashion.
These are completely sheltered off and for thousands of years have lived by themselves. They are like a completely different spieces - with a langauge we don't understand.
They don't even use fire. And when "we" left a pig on the island in the 70's they killed and buried it instead of eating it.
It's crazy and interesting.
For so many reasons, he shouldn't have ventured there.
And he had the chance to leave even, but didn't.
And he obviously knew the risks, so he's a possible and willing mass murderer. So.
I wasn't inferring that if that's what you thought, Scruffy.
Play defence like a pitbull.
Shooting is the most important offensive skill.
There is no debating his idiocy.
he was a fucking moron. I'd say "deserves" to die is a bit harsh, but I definitely do not begrudge the tribe for their actions.
Cheers,
HFD
Cheers,
HFD
Existing Native Americans weren't exactly Buddhist monks. They waged war amongst each other and tried to decimate rival nations by 'invading' rival territories.
I'm not saying I am down with the European treatment of them. I'm saying the invasion of North America was inevitable. This earth is only so big.