Blog Post #4 -Should New Guinea be Modernized?-

     Today in class we continued to watch the guns, germs, and steel video. I know in my last blog I said we finished it, I have no idea why I said that because we obviously didn't considering we have like 30 more minutes left. Although, before we watched like 15 more minutes of the video we had a huge discussion on why New Guinea is basically stuck in the Stone Age. A lot of the people in my class had their opinions. Some were how maybe they like the way of their life and if people tried to make them into modern civilization they might reject the offer. Mr Schick however pointed out that it wouldn't be done in a nice way and they would probably force the New Guineans off of their land and cut down all the trees and ruin their home. I kind of agree with this. New Guineans have been doing the same thing for so long, why would they want to be modernized. If they did end upon wanting to be a think it should be little by little so they don't get overwhelmed.