2008년 12월 31일 수요일

#5 What should society do for 'uncivilized cultures' like the Sawi?


The world is becoming westernized. It seems that many western values are being assimilated and become part of cultures in many parts of the world, which is why many primitive tribes are encountering a danger of extinction. In the world that western ideas dominate, values of the primitive tribes are struggling to survive because of the decreasing number of tribe population. Many tribesmen are choosing to become part of the westernized world. It is a logical decision to make for the tribesmen, in terms of survival, because only fittest would survive among the weak. However, the cultures that these tribes preserved until today are historical evidences of human development. Therefore, the existence of the primitive tribes has significant importance. Thus, as ‘civilized’ members of ‘civilized’ society, people should not neglect the presence of the tribes, but instead they are ought to search for a way for the tribes to coexist with the rest of the world.



The only way to the coexistence is interest. If the society takes more interests in and cares for the primitive tribes, the tribes would survive. As tribes are living in primitive regions, they are in desperate need of many things. Thus, the primitive tribes are considerably undeveloped, especially in medicine. Hence, members of the tribes have high infant immortality rate and short life expectancy, which lead to decrease in population. In order to prevent further damage to the tribes, the society should provide the tribes with necessary aids so that the requirements for existence of the tribes are satisfied.



However, coexistence should not be domination of the strong over the weak. The society should never enforce the tribes to embrace its values. The society we live in today is the product of the tribes’ existence. Without the tribes, we may not live the way we live our lives today. Thus, we should appreciate the presence of the tribes and cooperate in order to create a world of coexistence.


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