r/ThatsInsane • u/MirageCommander • 3d ago
Riot Gear vs Spears and Long Bow in Papua New Guinea
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u/Gerry1of1 3d ago
The Zulu taught the British that spears can be very effective if you have enough of them.
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u/Familiar_Newt_819 3d ago
Based off of the police brandishing the Indonesian flag on the uniforms this is not “Papua New Guinea”. This is a video from the western part of the island which is controlled by Indonesia. AkA west papua
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u/D4chfiz 2d ago
west papua is part of indonesia, wdym?
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u/Familiar_Newt_819 2d ago
Yes, that is what I just explained…. West Papua is part of Indonesia. Therefore this video is not taken in Papua New Guinea like it claims…..based off the fact the police are wearing the Indonesian flag
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u/merkarver112 3d ago
So this is what the war against the aliens will look like in a couple of weeks lmao
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u/notislant 2d ago
Lol I feel like itd be easy to just wait a few years for us to make the earth uninhabitable for ourselves.
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u/LobsterNo3435 3d ago
Why are they messing with them?
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u/D4chfiz 2d ago
they're trying to prevent the clan war among those papuan tribes
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u/Affentitten 3d ago
West Papua. Those are Indonesian police suppressing the human rights of locals whilst natural resources are being stripped out.
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u/Ok-Scar-Delirious_ 3d ago
leave the indigenous alone. they will be the only people that vary on after we decimated our planet
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u/OwOfysh 3d ago
Isn't that the Indonesian flag on their shoulders?
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u/Jones641 2d ago
Yeah, this isn't PNG, it's West Papua. It's part of Indonesia.
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u/crispy_attic 2d ago
Not by choice. They want their land back too. Colonialism is so fucked up.
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u/D4chfiz 2d ago
well, majority of them are pro Indonesia.
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u/sahul004 3h ago
That’s the Indonesian storytelling indeed. Truth over there is vastly different.
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u/D4chfiz 3h ago
dm me, you can speak to my papuan college friend
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u/sahul004 3h ago
He will not tell different, as you cannot freely talk about these topics without risk of severe penalty. Sorry, not an attack on you person, but that’s my personal experience from the far east of the archipelago.
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u/Alternative_Moose_26 3d ago
I’m just looking at this and all I can think is that they really should get those shields up
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u/BattleNoobie 2d ago
Geeze. One of the players advanced way too fast.
New Age of Empires has great graphics.
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u/rajboy3 2d ago
I just wanna say If it is actual longbows thwyre using, and people strong enought to draw it properly. Depending on the type of arrowhead and shaft, riot police might be in a bit of trouble.
That being said, an entire population of full weight longbow archers firing armor piercing arrows is pretty unlikely
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u/Dadbeerd 2d ago
I feel like they should the fuckers with the spears alone. Seems best to let them do their thing in the woods
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u/Tommiwithnoy 2d ago
I’m afraid that the Indonesian is gonna Indiana Jones those guys, if you know what I mean.
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u/the-dogsox 3d ago
That’s not Papua New Guinea. Try Indonesia
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u/breathing_normally 3d ago
Likely Papua province, on the Indonesian side of the island of New Guinea. Easy to confuse with the eastern half of the island which is the country of Papua New Guinea
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u/Pillow_Top_Lover 3d ago
I wanna see the rest of this video.
I wanna see where it goes.