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9. Brainwashed young man

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:31 AM

Dec 2018

The situation is infuriating. He's dead, people on the island could have contracted something that killed them.

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John Chau's Death on Northern Sentinel Island: Martyr or "American Dickhead"? [View all] TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 OP

Dickhead!! Soxfan58 Dec 2018 #1

Hard to feel sorry for a person whose mission is spreading nonsense. olegramps Dec 2018 #23

But not just that. Also spreading deadly diseases these people have no immunity to. Squinch Dec 2018 #53

That would involve science Soxfan58 Dec 2018 #99

Post removed Post removed Dec 2018 #65

Dickhead!! mitch96 Dec 2018 #98

Dickhead has my vote. shanny Dec 2018 #2

I ought to post this on the back door for the Jehovah's Witnesses. Vinca Dec 2018 #3

wasnt it illegal to even go onto that island? so American Dickhead samnsara Dec 2018 #4

For most. Strangely, less than 2 months before the government Hortensis Dec 2018 #15

'Permit access?' PatrickforO Dec 2018 #48

No, not incapable. They mostly have been, but Hortensis Dec 2018 #54

yes. He bribed an owner of a vessel to take him close enough to the island that he could complete dameatball Dec 2018 #34

I prefer the Mexican term - Cool Arrow nt Xipe Totec Dec 2018 #5

I see what you did there.... Caliman73 Dec 2018 #72

Arrogant spiritual imperialists generally go awry Achilleaze Dec 2018 #6

I'll take "American Dickhead" for $1,000, Alex . . . . hatrack Dec 2018 #7

They're all dickheads. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #8

Brainwashed young man get the red out Dec 2018 #9

Deadly sincere dickhead. Hortensis Dec 2018 #10

Thanks for the picture. delisen Dec 2018 #33

D.H. (n/t) NeoGreen Dec 2018 #11

True American DICKHEAD. 2naSalit Dec 2018 #12

reading the article, I do not think he was totally devoid of concern treestar Dec 2018 #18

fundy idiot Demonaut Dec 2018 #13

He got what he deserved. Siwsan Dec 2018 #14

Major Evangelical Dickhead YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #16

Dead Dickhead Racerdog1 Dec 2018 #17

Arrogant dead idiot rusty fender Dec 2018 #19

That's not fair. progressoid Dec 2018 #20

+1 dalton99a Dec 2018 #25

But this one was potentially deadly. I suppose he did not care about their lack of immunity lunasun Dec 2018 #61

I'm firmly in the "Dickhead" camp. MineralMan Dec 2018 #21

Dickhead gilligan Dec 2018 #22

I think he was naively stupid NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #24

Sounds like the people from his church encouraged this "mission" Merlot Dec 2018 #56

if that's the case NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #63

The two are not mutually exclusive. n/t malthaussen Dec 2018 #26

High on religion. Tikki Dec 2018 #27

I think he gets the "Dumbass of the year" award easily! Initech Dec 2018 #28

American Dickhead! nt jrthin Dec 2018 #29

missionary pamdb Dec 2018 #30

Dickhead who paid for his hubris. Thomas Hurt Dec 2018 #31

Dickhead Nuffer Dec 2018 #32

Matthew 10:14 Turbineguy Dec 2018 #35

. Soxfan58 Dec 2018 #102

No doubts atreides1 Dec 2018 #36

Religiously brainwashed dickhead...nt SidDithers Dec 2018 #37

If he wasn't religiously zealous, he'd be something Hortensis Dec 2018 #46

darwin award and obvious dickhead dembotoz Dec 2018 #38

His 15 minutes should have been up yesterday nycbos Dec 2018 #39

I love a story w/a happy ending Botany Dec 2018 #40

I do not consider his death a happy ending. He should not have gone, but the posts here are Demsrule86 Dec 2018 #45

so, you deny him his religious beliefs? Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #92

That is not how it works... Demsrule86 Dec 2018 #104

Clear Front-Runner for the Darwin Awards hueymahl Dec 2018 #41

Add self righteous, delusional arrogance to his act of unwarranted aggression procon Dec 2018 #42

Christian Dickhead. stopbush Dec 2018 #43

What struck me was these evangelicals PatrickforO Dec 2018 #44

Darwin Award. backscatter712 Dec 2018 #47

I think he had delusions of grandeur LeftInTX Dec 2018 #49

+1. Ironically his father is a psychiatrist dalton99a Dec 2018 #55

Apparently, his father went to Oral Roberts University too. He doesn't score well in HealthGrades. TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 #96

I want the movie rights so I can make a faith based docudrama. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #50

Have him stepping out of the boat trying to walk on water. gordianot Dec 2018 #52

Tebow will be too busy kneeling for the camera. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #66

Michael Rockefeller was treated differently. Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #51

Christian missionary witnesses for Jesus. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #57

He was a criminal who broke the law IronLionZion Dec 2018 #58

Actually, that isn't a good enough reason to call him a "dickhead", IMO, given that LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #82

Plenty of Trump supporters say that about us IronLionZion Dec 2018 #94

The one true religion... keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #59

How about neither? whathehell Dec 2018 #60

Darwun? Is that a new category? ChubbyStar Dec 2018 #67

Dickhead. the_sly_pig Dec 2018 #62

Dickhead n/t geardaddy Dec 2018 #64

Dickhead kimbutgar Dec 2018 #68

I vote for dickhead shanti Dec 2018 #69

I couldn't be more indifferent about that man's death... tenderfoot Dec 2018 #70

What's wrong with altering their culture MichMary Dec 2018 #71

There is too much distance between them and the modern world n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #75

Perhaps a question of consent? uriel1972 Dec 2018 #76

Maybe, if they knew there was a choice, MichMary Dec 2018 #85

Yeah, that was pretty much the attitude of the United States as it moved West in the 1800s LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #77

They don't know there is MichMary Dec 2018 #86

They have seen boats and clothing more advanced than theirs, and they have rejected them LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #91

The Prime Directive Tarc Dec 2018 #78

What is wrong with their culture being Bettie Dec 2018 #100

Would you be okay with me changing your culture? DetlefK Dec 2018 #101

If your attempts are not coercive treestar Dec 2018 #106

Your thinking is more stone age than their culture tenderfoot Dec 2018 #105

Agree 100%. Kingofalldems Dec 2018 #107

I am sorry that this very young man died. colorado_ufo Dec 2018 #73

Dickhead Bev54 Dec 2018 #74

He was no worse than other missionaries. frogmarch Dec 2018 #79

Honestly, I liken it to that moron who died in an abandoned bus in Alaska years ago Tarc Dec 2018 #80

. jberryhill Dec 2018 #81

The real villians in this play are the evangelicals that sent him out there... pecosbob Dec 2018 #83

My vote is for American dickhead. Crunchy Frog Dec 2018 #84

dickhead gopiscrap Dec 2018 #87

Stupid Dickhead. nt PufPuf23 Dec 2018 #88

Suicide Mission: Successful Iggo Dec 2018 #89

To approach people who do not welcome outsiders, while shouting... 3catwoman3 Dec 2018 #90

Not a dickhead, not a martyr. Just a useful idiot, evangelical cannon-fodder. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2018 #93

religious dumbass. pansypoo53219 Dec 2018 #95

He was very sincere. Sincerely wrong. Hekate Dec 2018 #97

"...could make life harder for...long-term missionaries there." GOOD. Neema Dec 2018 #103

Cult Member peggysue2 Dec 2018 #108