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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think we need a Prime Directive
In the fictitious universe of Star Trek, the Prime Directive is the guiding principle of the United Federation of Planets. The Prime Directive, used in 4 out of five star trek based series, prohibits Starfleet personnel from interfering with the internal development of alien civilizations. This conceptual law applies particularly to civilizations which are below a certain threshold of development, preventing starship crews from using their superior technology to impose their own values or ideals on them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive
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Startled Amazon tribesmen pictured jabbing their spears as they see an airplane for the first time
Two-hundred-strong tribe live in Brazil's Acre state on the border with Peru
They are 'uncontacted', meaning they have no contact with outside world
Aircraft was on mission to check their land hadn't been encroached
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 12:00 EST, 29 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:33 EST, 29 March 2014
Startled tribal men in a remote part of the Amazon basin in Brazil shake their spears as they are pictured from above.
The pictures, shot from a plane earlier this week, were taken of the isolated tribe on the Peruvian border.
It is thought the tribe have had little to no contact with the outside world.
Two-hundred-strong tribe live in Brazil's Acre state on the border with Peru
They are 'uncontacted', meaning they have no contact with outside world
Aircraft was on mission to check their land hadn't been encroached
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 12:00 EST, 29 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:33 EST, 29 March 2014
Startled tribal men in a remote part of the Amazon basin in Brazil shake their spears as they are pictured from above.
The pictures, shot from a plane earlier this week, were taken of the isolated tribe on the Peruvian border.
It is thought the tribe have had little to no contact with the outside world.
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I think we need a Prime Directive (Original Post)
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2014
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NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)1. Bolivia and Brazil are typically pretty good when it comes to respecting uncontacted peoples.
But yes, I agree UPs should be allowed to stay as they are and be free of intervention from the outside.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)2. Not like anyone ever followed it, though.
BKH70041
(961 posts)3. Someone should at least tell them the World Cup is in town this year.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)4. The airplanes cloaking device wasn't working?
Isn't that a violation of the Prime Directive?
How about air dropping them a carton of iPhones and seeing what happens?