Apparently they didn’t even call themselves pilgrims; that was retconned two hundred years later. They were Saints, and a few Strangers. (That’s not what I’d call people who landed a colony there in December.)
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If there is a silver lining, I understand Texas a little better.
Normally the Darwin Awards are crap or lies, but at least one good line…
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I’d like him charged with criminal trespass and I wouldn’t mind seeing him locked up. Exposing people to disease so you can sell your “god” product has to be punishable under some law.
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I think that it’s just remarkable, in this day and age of satellite maps, 24 hour news channels, and pizza delivery from your cellphone, to have a community of people still (relatively) untouched by the outside world. In fact, I’d venture to guess that they are being intentionally obstinate and unfriendly.
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I notice the comment was by C.Hirst. 
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I mean… yes? They dealt with western outsiders before, who kidnapped several of them and put them in jail, killing several of them due to disease. They are defending themselves from colonizers and those who would intentional or unintentionally do them harm. They have that right.
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Pfft. Maybe we should just send an army of bible-thumping missionaries to welcome them into the fold. I mean, seriously, how many poison arrows could they possibly have? Two birds with one stone, and all that.
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I mean… no. We should abide by their wishes, whether it’s bible thumpers, government officials, corporations, or well-meaning academics.
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Well, they don’t know what they’re missing, that’s for sure.
Pizza! From your phone!
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Not that missionary (in more ways than one).
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