WHET that guy who got killed on Sentinel Island?

They should absolutely NOT attempt to retrieve the body.

You know idiots will be crying to send a SEAL team or the marines to retrieve it - and if cheeto were still president, he'd probably do it.

It's unfortunate he died. But, he was warned and his arrogance told him he'd be fine.

Told you we were hard core!

He's dust, OP.

Those outfits are sexy.

Entitled assholes deserve nothing. His family can go get him themselves.

No means NO!

I really want the Sentinelese genome to be sequenced

Let God's angels fly his body back.

He died on a beach two years ago? Ask these guys about his remains.

Just goes to show the arrogance of "missionaries."

They feel entitled to go anywhere they please, regardless of whether or not they are wanted there.

Looks like the Sentinelese showed this asshole.

Somebody should try to civilize these savages.

Exactly, R11. Maybe we could send civilized Americans to show them how to spread their feces on walls or kill elected officials when they don't get their way.

My favorite part is that they shot him with arrows!

Must have hurt like hell.

Asshole.

Reminds me of that guy who like to play with wild bears.

You should go get some samples, R7. Let us know how that works out.

^ liked to play

It's Chau time, R9!

Fundies Gone Wild!

There’s no privilege like evangelical privilege

Wasn't he lunch?

[quote] It's Chau time, R9!

But were they hungry an hour later?

Have some compassion, R13. What he did was incredibly stupid and arrogant, but the guy was still murdered. And his family didn't support his actions, R5, and the whole ordeal must have been horrific for them.

His body is where it should be. It's what Jesus wanted.

[quote] Somebody should try to civilize these savages.

I assume you’re referring to the evangelicals

[quote] What he did was incredibly stupid and arrogant, but the guy was still murdered.

Bullshit. The natives were just “standing their ground”.

Why should anyone waste their compassion or empathy for someone who was too stupid and arrogant to not get himself killed. He certainly didn't care about possibly bringing infection to the village.

[quote]His family can go get him themselves

His family were not evangelicals and they heavily criticized the cult he was in for pushing him and others to pull stunts like this.

The Indian government apparently attempted to retrieve his body but couldn't.

R26 - not just that - he could have done missionary work ANYWHERE. But his ego (disguised as God talking to him) told him HE can show them and convert them.

The arrogance is unbelievable.

And his family was far from innocent - his mom heads up a missionary group and he attended Oral Roberts. Oh yeah - they wanted a missionary but NOT LIKE THAT.

It's very much Leopards Ate My Face. The parents started him off on this Christian missionary zealotry.

He's headlining in "Weekend at Bernie's: The Musical," Rose.

Some people really do believe "western" assholes should just be allowed to do whatever the fuck they want without consequence. What he did was tantamount to walk into someone's home uninvited and he got precisely what he'd get if he walked into the home of anyone here who never invited him. It was a home invasion and they had every right to protect themselves from this foreign stranger.

How does anyone not see that? The absolute arrogance in calling them savages like he's just entitled to go wherever the hell he wants. You think that only applies to your house or your country when you're "western"?

WW times 100 for you, R30.

And his dad is a psychiatrist. So his mom got him into all of this - a cult really - and even his dad with his years of experience couldn't get his own kid back.

[quote] There’s no privilege like evangelical privilege

‘Cause it’s straight from Jesus!

The thing with Jesus freaks is they do what Jesus would never do. Jesus would not have bothered those people.

Probably similar to what would have happened if he went to a BLM rally.

R35, how much did you donate to Rittenhouse? Or are you saving your money for a GFM to help that shithead Shaman?

It looks like the tribes-people are wearing Western clothes, like shorts/cut-off jeans. How did they get those!? Wouldn't air-dropped 'care packages' spread disease, too?

I wonder how the cell service is on Sentinel Island?

Let him rot there.

[quote] It looks like the tribes-people are wearing Western clothes, like shorts/cut-off jeans. How did they get those!? Wouldn't air-dropped 'care packages' spread disease, too?

They’re wearing loincloths, and you are a fucking liar

R38, they have excellent coverage and data plans.

[quote] Let him rot there.

He probably already did.

Maggots, flies, and vermin have already eaten his flesh. Not to mention the elements: sun and rain erosion.

He's probably just bones now.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills should go on vacation to Sentinel Island.

[quote] The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills should go on vacation to Sentinel Island.

ROFL!!

They ALL should go.

RHONY, RHOC, Dallas, Salt Lake, etc. Wipe them all out in one trip!

R43, I have never watched a single second of any of those reality shows, but I would make an exception if that were to happen. Send them! And the Kardashians. And every other YT/IG "star"

He should have Tik-Toked his death. He would have been much more famous.

Was this the guy that went, nearly got killed the first time and then went back again? What was he expecting?

As others have said, the arrogance was astounding. And he could've seriously damaged the people living on the island by introducing disease.

While I don't rejoice that he's dead, I just can't wrap my head around why anyone would defend his behaviour.

He was doing God's work, wasn't he? God will look after the retrieval.

It's definitely not the Sentinelese who are to blame for his death, it's those idiots who indoctrinated him in this pushy religious nonsense who are culpable, if anybody.

I wish I could do this to religious nuts who trespass on my home. Fuck off fundie.

Are Sentinelese men usually cut or uncut?

This is what Indigenous people should have done to the Europeans when they arrived on the shores of North and South America.

Ummmmm. He's still dead. Nothing new here, people. Move on.

Or, R53, you could let others have the discussion they want. You're very welcome to join in, but no one is forcing you to stay if you don't like it.

Fuck off. r54. He's dead. This story is over. Praise jeebsus!

I'm sorry you lack such control over your own life that you have this desperate desire to control what others talk about, but I'm afraid that's just the way it goes, R55. People don't need your permission to have a discussion, especially one that doesn't have to involve you.

R56 Yawnnnnnnnn.

We could talk about how you’re sixty pounds overweight. You thought that was Interesting enough information to post.

Well... they stated their boundaries.

This is the first WHET I’ve seen that acknowledged in the query that the person in question was dead.

There was an Indian anthropologist who successfully engaged with the Sentinelese, but it took him decades to gain their trust.

Wow, interesting R61. He first made contact in 1967, and it took him until 1991 for those interactions to become friendly.

But of course this Christian missionary type thought he was going to win them over with the power of Jesus straight away!

Prove that science always has better answers than you sky fairy.

Still incredibly irresponsible R62. A common cold could have wiped out the entire island for all he knew.

I’ll bet they’re COVID-free!

Here's what Triloknath Pandit, the Indian anthropologist thinks of the incident and how he sees the Sentinelese.

They took precautions to not infect the Sentinelese with western diseases that they had no immunity against. The contacts were brief, limited to bringing gifts, they never set foot on the island.

I wonder how a limited gene pool effects a small population like the Sentinelese. Estimates are that there are less that 200 people on the island.

They could have at least eaten him to show their respect for his bravery.

It's all around unfortunate and was 100% avoidable. His approach was presumptuous, arrogant and should have never happened. He thought it was a demonic stronghold island. Plus, he lied and broke laws to reach the island.

[quote] Before making his final entry into his journal on November 16, John reportedly expressed that he did not want to die and that he might be more useful to god alive.

[quote] On November 16, before his second attempt and final visit to the Sentinelese, John penned a letter to his parents, asking them not to be angry at the Sentinelese or god if he were to die. He advised them to live their life in “obedience” and that he would see them again when they “passed through the veil.”

[quote] “This is not a pointless thing – the eternal lives of this tribe are at hand and I can't wait to see them around the throne of god worshiping in their own language as Revelations 7:9-10 states,” he wrote. “I love you all and I pray none of you love anything in this world more than Jesus Christ,” he said, before signing off ‘Soli Deo Gloria’, followed by his name.

[quote] Incidentally, John was also convinced that the North Sentinel Island was a demonic stronghold, which probably fuelled his 'mission'. "Lord, is this island Satan’s last stronghold where none have heard or even had the chance to hear your name?” he reportedly wrote in one of his last diary entries, as provided to Washington Post by his mother.

Cleaning up the gene poll of this nutter is probably a good thing.

*pool

[quote] They could have at least eaten him to show their respect for his bravery.

But they would have been hungry an hour later.

Good thing the Indian government gives immunity to the Sentinelese when they kill nutters who come too close.

I am 100% sure that they don't call themselves "Sentinelese."

So what's their real name?

Are they Indian? African? Mixed?

Nobody understands their language R74.

In November, Chau embarked on an expedition to North Sentinel Island, which he considered to be "Satan's last stronghold on Earth",

Says it all.

Oral Roberts graduate too

Fucking hell, R76! Now, I don't believe in Satan myself, but seriously - some people living on an island who just want to be left alone are "Satan's last stronghold on Earth", but not places like, I dunno, wherever the hell Boko Haram took those girls, or North Korea, or... you know, many other places here where horrific things happen?

These missionary types are simply arrogant arseholes.

This would make a great movie...

God: Don't mess with Sentinel Island, fucktard!

John Chau: I'm doing it for you Lord! Bringing the message of your son, who is also you, to these savages.

God: 🙄 Whateva! Gonna get my popcorn.

R79 - John Chau: Oh God, you're just trying to test me! I know you'll have my back.

God: No, John, seriously - I'm not testing you. Don't be a dick. Go back.

John: Of course that is what you'd say to test me! You will always prevail, remember?

God: Err...sigh...oops, is that the phone?...Listen John, I'm going to have to let you go. Good luck and see you soon! Very soon!

Proof, if any more were needed, that religion a) fucks you up and b) is for morons

R80 LOL! WW for DAYS!

All the elections were certified long ago. Case closed. They don't have a chance in hell at getting the results changed.

I don’t know how, but somehow this is a feel good story.

R84 👈 Exemplifies what DL is ALL about!

This story gives me Schadenfreude

Isn't this the island where they're storing all the stolen votes in the US election? I believe QAnon also has made it his residence.

Pass it on.

Did he receive surprise anal before Jesus took him?

He had a great ass, but couldn’t live forever.

Oriental evangelical.

Can anyone say "TRYING TOO HARD TO BE WHITE?"

R74, The Sentinelese are Andamanese people, who may or may not be related to the Negrito people of Southeast Asia. I think there's enough genetic variation and admixtures and thousands of years of isolation to make them distinct and unique.

R90, he was born in Alabama. He was an American.

R92 still he was probably nuts from never being fully accepted

[quote]He's probably just bones now.

That boy had some dense bone structure. He makes for a great xylophone now!

[quote]This would make a great movie...

Kind of like a different take on Into the Wild.

R95 Good analogy. Same stupid privileged sense of being.

[quote] This would make a great movie...

It would be a very short movie.

"And then he died..."