If you plan to invade the Andamans...

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

at the risk of being un sympathetic .. stupid b%$%$% shouldn't have been fishing illegally. Leave them to rot.

Execution seems a just a *tad* bit harsh a penalty for illegal fishing.[:'(]

Damn good deterrant though [;)]

[Mynok]

In this case, it might be a deterrent to excessive drinking, not illegal fishing. [:D]

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
Execution seems a just a *tad* bit harsh a penalty for illegal fishing.[:'(]

I'd say this is why they kill on sight now:

"In the 1980s and early 1990s many Sentinelese were killed in skirmishes with armed salvage operators who visited the island after a shipwreck. Since then the tribesmen have remained virtually undisturbed."

Jim

[DeepSix]

Going up against a helicopter with bows and arrows is like taking on a crowd of thugs armed only with a Derringer ("Ok! Who wants some?!"). Apparently, death is not a concept they struggle with. If they're that comfortable with their place in the universe, I'm rooting for them.

[dtravel]

ORIGINAL: DeepSix

Going up against a helicopter with bows and arrows is like taking on a crowd of thugs armed only with a Derringer ("Ok! Who wants some?!"). Apparently, death is not a concept they struggle with. If they're that comfortable with their place in the universe, I'm rooting for them.

Bows and arrows vs. helicopter seems to be working out very well for the ground forces. After all, the helicopter did leave.

[DeepSix]

Yeah, let's see... islanders 1, fishermen 0; islanders 1, chopper 0. GO tribe![:D]

[crsutton]

Not as uncomman as you would think. My brother in law who works for National Geographic was involved with a team in the Amazon Basin that about ten years ago was making initial contact with the Koruba (tranlated means "head crushers") tribe. This was a stone age tribe that had virtually no contact with the modern world. The government of Brazil had set up a preserve for them but as loggers and fishermen pushed further up the river, the realized that contact was inevitable and was taking measures to protect them.

The tribe has killed a few outsiders-including one member of the Geographic team and the goal was to prevent any sort of retaliation. There are other remote tribes in the Amazon basin but this tribe has probably the least contact with modern society.

[DeepSix]

Yes, if there's one place above water that's still full of the unknown, it would have to be the Amazon Basin. Seems like I remember an Anthro 101 lecture where the prof mentioned a tribe that lived on the western (?) border of Brazil. The name was not "Pima" (they're in the U.S.) but it seems like it was a similar sounding name. Maybe I'm confused -- but at any rate it was a similar situation. They're very remote from the "civilized" world and generally kill whomever's unfortunate enough to get too close.