@philokalia saidPerhaps the Islanders were trying to convert him?
What's most interesting is that he fully knew the dangers that were going on. Indeed, he had been shot at with arrows and chased out before; he had had his canoe destroyed and swam back to the boat (apparently a very athletic fellow), yet he persisted.
He even had strategies for engaging them.
He apparently fantasized about going to the North Sentinelese for ...[text shortened]... r of invasion or erasure, but still, in this circumstance, that society is backwards and wrong, IMO.
Maybe its their belief he will be reincarnated as one of them.
Or maybe, and this is a bit crazy, they thought a messenger
from god would die for their sins and be resurrected.
@wolfgang59 saidHaha,
Perhaps the Islanders were trying to convert him?
Maybe its their belief he will be reincarnated as one of them.
Or maybe, and this is a bit crazy, they thought a messenger
from god would die for their sins and be resurrected.
of course, it is far more likely that they simply viewed him as an outsider and a potential threat. Or maybe even they just relish this sort of violence.
Who knows.
Something tells me they will not be doing interviews.
@joven-capablanca saidWise man say, 'climb into cage of lion, don't blame lion when eaten.'
I am surprised by the lack of sympathy he gets in the posts, not to say simply insults.
He was doing what he thought he should do, he harmed nobody, he has been killed.
Anybody sympathizes with the killers? cheers
@joven-capablanca saidDespite the fact he was both deceitful and disrespectful, my thoughts go out to his family and those who knew him. What a brutal way to die.
I am surprised by the lack of sympathy he gets in the posts, not to say simply insults.
He was doing what he thought he should do, he harmed nobody, he has been killed.
Anybody sympathizes with the killers? cheers