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It’s strange to think he lived such solitary life and yet millions will read about his death.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem is that there is no way to know what this fella would have liked. His existence seems lonely and generally miserable, maybe he would have preferred to be contacted? Or maybe not and he was content living on his own? Right now there is no way to know. I don't think that asking people "hey, what would you like?" is "hurting" them; quite the opposite actually. Furthermore, many – though obviously not all – p…
After his tribe was wiped out by farmers and landgrabers, he probably just wanted to be left alone.
Sounds like he was a remarkable and quite industrious individual.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem is that there is no way to know what this fella would have liked. His existence seems lonely and generally miserable, maybe he would have preferred to be contacted? Or maybe not and he was content living on his own? Right now there is no way to know. I don't think that asking people "hey, what would you like?" is "hurting" them; quite the opposite actually. Furthermore, many – though obviously not all – p…
After his tribe was wiped out by farmers and landgrabers, he probably just wanted to be left alone.
Or maybe he did distrust all "foreigners" and just wanted to be left alone, and that's fine too. All I'm saying we could've asked.
Here is the mentioned video footage of this person. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/footage-sole-s...
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=RwSHno9xlZU>
It’s strange to think he lived such solitary life and yet millions will read about his death.
Not that strange, taking into account his solitary life was not voluntary. He was the last remnant of a people that got extinguished in modern-day ethnical cleansing.
I have not read anything about this man other than this article, but I am content that he died without being subject to whatever procedures / processes / observations that would have been made had he been more closely scrutinised. No doubt someone would have said that 'we' could learn from him, but in doing so 'we' would have hurt this man in some way - be that mental or physical. Odd - being downvoted for what I see…
> Odd - being downvoted for what I see as having some compassion for this man. Maybe I'm missing something. If so, please explain so I can learn. Many people make judgments relative to a group rather than an individual. Such people wouldn't see your stance as positive because you're allowing for a loss to the group. Any cost to that individual that brings a benefit to the group would be acceptable in this worldview.