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Old 05-02-2011, 11:17 AM #5
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This footage isn't recent.

And no, we should not contact them. They have the means to explore and make contact with us if they so wish. Leave them to it, they are causing no harm and live their lives the way they want. Why mess with the last remaning piece of untouched life and bring it to our confusing and messed up ways?
It is actually recent. The photo i used is an old photo, but if you go to the BBC news site i linked, it is the first film of them.

I think is is incredibly condescending to say they are happy as they are. Would you say that to a m other who lost her child in that tribe? If you could save their children's lives, i think they would want us to help them.

Why does contacting them, and giving them our knowledge and techology mean destroying their "way of life"? it doesn't.

They can still have their culture, but we can help them cure diseases.

By your logic, no countries should share their information with each other because it would "destroy their culture".
So why do American scientists share their knowledge with British scientists? Is it destroying British culture?

We're talking about saving lives, not setting up a shopping mall.
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