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#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 16, 2019 [SPOILER]

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Sad. Sad that a person who seemed to have at least had some education, should be so ignorant.

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Thought provoking!

Interesting article. Thanks for the link.

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That may be, but it's still extremely unfair to call someone a terrorist who's intentions are not to hurt anyone. A terrorist is someone who intentionally harms people to make them afraid. That describes the islanders, not the kayaker.

It may not have been his intention, but it certainly was his effect. Look at it from their perspective: all they want is to be left alone. Instead they get invaded by a screaming alien. And neither 'invaded' nor 'alien' is too strong a word.
They live on an island. People do not just wander through. In their tribal history and lore, anyone arriving would be an invader. Also, most tribes' word for themselves is the same word for 'people'. Outsiders are not people -- they are unknowable, alien.

He is invading their island arrogantly assuming that he knows better than they how they should live, and going to any length (including his own death) to destroy their society. He may think this is for the best, but this is exactly what terrorists believe, too.

They are defending their homeland. Any country's army will kill invaders.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this.

Christian missionaries are all evil, whatever their "intentions."

Does that include Mother Teresa? You sound more closed-minded than the missionaries.

My view of Christianity embraces respect for and protection of other humans. This individual used his misguided belief to justify an act that was legally and ethically wrong.

Thank you, Joe, for an excellent puzzle and interesting article and for shedding light on this incident.

It most certainly does include Mother Teresa. Her misguided beliefs actually increased the misery of the poorest in Kolkata. Christopher Hitchens wrote the definitive book on her work: https://christopherhitchens.net/mother-teresa. It's an illuminating read.

I've heard that Mother Theresa believed that suffering led to holiness, so yes, her wards suffered far more than they needed to.

There have been quite a few articles claiming that Mother Theresa was anything but a saint. One journalist reported visiting one of her hospitals where he found conditions less than ideal. It was not clean, it was understaffed, and the staff that was there had little or no training. Patients with contagious diseases were not isolated.

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If you don't know the story, it is a very nice image.

And here we are today!

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