Oil Battle 46 328

The savage oil companies continue their constant destruction of what is for most people considered cool, unique and beautiful.


This tribe, that are in this picture aiming their arrows at an airplane, live in a remote part of the Brazilian rain forest. The tribe who have no connection to the world we know are now becoming a political discussion in International Media.

While I think it is good that there are organizations, like the one flying over the tribes homes and taking pictures "to prove their existence", are fighting the French oil company Perenco the conflict itself is absurd. Perenco want to drill for oil in the Amazon where at least 2 isolated tribes live.
However, is it not just a bit overwhelming that we, who live in "the real world" are discussing whether or not the tribe should keep their land, or if the oil is needed for driving to work in the morning. I mean it is too cold to walk to a bus stop or train station in the middle of winter, so why should we take a tiny little tribe, that have been isolated for 1000s of years, in to consideration???


It is funny to think that these people have no idea of the world we live in, and yet we are acting like a Superior being who can decide their destiny. And all this media attention is for them completely unknown. And think just how much the sighting of the giant bird in the sky would effect their culture.

So yes, go oil go!

And the media is doing a tremendous job to portray the nature of the tribe. Welcome BBC's contribution:


After seeing and understanding that the organisation want to keep the tribe protected I don't really understand their choice of bringing it to the International Media's attention. Even though they might get enough support to stop the drilling, there will always be people who will seize the opportunity to approach the tribe.