Comments on: Omo Valley Tribespeople Live as Their Ancestors Did (Except with Lots of AK-47s)

By: Ajan

Ajan — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:16:45 +0000

AK 47s???? Do they use them?

By: A

Sat, 16 May 2009 07:07:00 +0000

Wow! “Sure, their society will be less unique.

They’ll also have proper nutrition, lower infant mortality, freedom from polio, and a whole lot of other things that the co-ordination of the modern world (brought about in part by money) has given us.

It’s a change my family made. We like it.

Sure, the Stuff White People Like (TM) crowd won’t be able to coo at them and say “aww, look at all those authentic minorities!” – but that’s a small price to pay for giving these tribesmen a life without smallpox.”

THIS is QFT. scratch my previous comment.

By: A

Sat, 16 May 2009 07:05:20 +0000

I love this quote: “It’s sad really, for the people of the region have a limited idea of what money can buy but already have a taste for it. As money acquires more value in their society, it will eat away all that makes their society unique.”

QFT.

By: TimO

TimO — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:57:54 +0000

Then again its only people who have lots and lots to eat and a house and a car and air conditioning and stuff who worry about other people keeping their society ‘unique’….

We’re only 3 or 4 generations away from a time when EVERYONE scrambled 16 hours a day 7 days a week to eat by scratching in the dirt or hunting in the forest with lifespans that rarely exceeded 35 or 40 years.

…we forget that a lot….

By: phrawgg

phrawgg — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:54:30 +0000

I second what Secret Asian Man said.

By: vonskippy

vonskippy — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:39:59 +0000

Good thing they have those magic bang sticks – otherwise someone might steal their beads.

By: monkerz

monkerz — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:02:10 +0000

Where the hell do they get ammo for an AK47 out in the middle of a desert?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:55:44 +0000

Another reminder of how the old Soviet Union operated—remember the parody “We ARM the World” ??

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:15:46 +0000

I’m with you, Secret Asian Man (great name !)

Gorgeous photography, though, despite the skewed viewpoint.

By: secret asian man

secret asian man — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:24:50 +0000

Sure, their society will be less unique.

It’s a change my family made. We like it.