An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been there for 60K years (2015)

Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by linuxkerneldev on Sunday March 26, 2017 @06:26PM (#13963699)

> as much as Hawaii (or even Alaska) is part of the United States of America.

Hawaii is a terrible analogy to use. Hawaii was annexed by military force on behalf of the American pineapple and sugar mafia (Dole, etc). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hawaii , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement

As far as I can tell, Andaman and Nicobar islands are part of the fascinating historical migration route between India and South East Asia, and no military force was used by India to have ownership of those islands.

I admire the way Indians have dealt with those islands ( leaving them un-interfered with ) versus how my own culture dealt (and deals) with less technologically advanced populations.

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Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by animal531 on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:02AM (#13967752)

I agree, however as soon as the island is discovered to be the world's greatest and/or only source of unobtanium, then they're quickly going to find themselves deported, with little in the way of compensation.

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Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by murukesh_s on Sunday March 26, 2017 @06:54PM (#13963835)

Thanks for sharing..

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