Is it really best that they're kept away, though? This idea that everything we do is somehow evil and everythign native cultures do is somehow good and pure is very strange - surely the chance to evolve a bit more is a good thing, culture-wise? We find it all very 'quaint' and whatnot when we see pictures, but for them surely it's better to have things like better medicines, cleaner water, sturdier houses that won't blow over in storms and stuff like that? I'm not saying what they have is somehow deficient or terrible, but just that it's a bit mixed and not as black and white as people tend to portray.
Also, I wonder if they've been *that* removed from other life in general that something lke a cold could kill them. I'm sure they've had them; it'd be REALLY weird if they didn't.
As for their reality being shattered - well, I'm guessing the first helicopter didn't help much.
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Date: 2008-05-30 11:01 am (UTC)Also, I wonder if they've been *that* removed from other life in general that something lke a cold could kill them. I'm sure they've had them; it'd be REALLY weird if they didn't.
As for their reality being shattered - well, I'm guessing the first helicopter didn't help much.