tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635763372107166354.post4406794062958862816..comments2023-08-03T02:29:21.116-07:00Comments on Paronomasiac: Tribeless, Lawless, Hearthless OnesThe Vitruvian Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017022134940802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635763372107166354.post-62676182767166078932008-06-01T14:33:00.000-07:002008-06-01T14:33:00.000-07:00Sure, but my main beef wasn't that we're not conta...Sure, but my main beef wasn't that we're not contacting them (although how can we say they're uncontacted after helicopter flyovers?), but how we are speaking of them. By the language we use, we betray that our real concern is not whether we keep them safe from our diseases, but whether they can be of some service to us. There's no mention of their good, but allusions to our good. <BR/><BR/>In practice, I don't mind the 'hands off' position. I mind the 'speech off' position greatly.The Vitruvian Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017022134940802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635763372107166354.post-34966654135335415942008-06-01T14:15:00.000-07:002008-06-01T14:15:00.000-07:00Isn't one concern that they have no immunity to ou...Isn't one concern that they have no immunity to our diseases, so any contact with them will probably wipe out the entire tribe?<BR/><BR/>That doesn't settle the issue of whether we should contact them for evangelization, but it does make the "hands off" position more reasonable.Ignoramushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941438311862464747noreply@blogger.com