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Thanks for this, I hadn't heard about them before.
I thought this was a good history, and I'm surprised no one has demanded storming the island by force or something stupider:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2018/11/30/everything-we-know-about-the-isolated-sentinelese-people-of-north-sentinel-island/
Edit: fixed link.
Wait till you hear about Christians.
I don't even remember what the original (wrong) link I had posted was that you were replying to here :). Sounds interesting
Odd link to post, but okay.
Ah jeeze. They have one of those stupid setups where if you scroll far enough you get to the next article transparently. And it actually changes the URL. I'd gotten to the end of tbe article I meant to post, but when I copied the URL it was for the next article.
Fixed the link.
Lol, I figured it was something like that. 😂 But romantic relationship style link was good stuff, too!
At least one idiot tried, and he got what he fucking deserved.
It's ludicrous to describe a lone missionary as "storming the island by force".
I agree that it was a foolish move on his part, though.
I'm aware he didn't storm the island by force - I didn't use those words. The implication was that he went where it was made abundantly clear he wasn't wanted - more than once - and suffered the consequences.
The comment you responded to used those words, though.
Re-reading it, I suppose you meant to invoke "something stupider" which does make sense. Carry on!