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Fascinating native people
Milla, h2g2 Operations Started conversation Mar 18, 2013
Thanks for this Entry, it was seriously scary to read about, and very very interesting. 
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Mar 18, 2013
Thanks, Milla. I remember hearing this story when I was a kid. When I went back and watched the films, I was just amazed at some of these people. 
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Vestboy Posted Apr 20, 2013
I like your approach to this, Geo. I studied anthropology as an undergrad and know that many cultures live by very different rules. Fear is a terrible thing. In the recent bombing of the Boston Marathon people seemed to want to know which group of strangers attacked. Fear of strangers and the desire to "get retribution in early" is still alive and well.
Fascinating native people
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 20, 2013
That's an interesting point. 
Maybe the crowds in Boston and the Waodani aren't so different after all.
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Vestboy Posted May 1, 2013
I have difficulty separating them in my mind...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted May 1, 2013
If you watch the documentary I linked to, you'll find an anthropology who feels the same way. He drew parallels between the Waodani and the modern US.
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