The recent discovery of an island, Avalon, not to far away from Hawaii and a large oil deposit underneath it has people debating whether or not to coloniza this island. However the answer should be a very simple-no. Avalon has developed and flourished on its own for centuries, throughout these centuries we’ve colonized other lands and killed its natives and it’s timed we learned from our mistakes, also we do not need the extra oil or any other raw materials we might find there. The island of Avalon has developed on its own, creating their own way of life. Just because we’ve discovered their existence doesn’t give us the right to destroy that way of life. We might have advanced medicines and technology but they’ve found their own medicines and technology. They’ve survived this long with us, they’ll survive even longer if we leave them in peace. The people of Avalon have their own rich culture, they don’t need our intervention. Even if we were to simply come in contact with them, it would shatter their way of life. We’d be seen as aliens. They’ll either praise us as gods, with magical technology, or they’d treat us as invaders. Either way, we’d eventually try to take advantage of them. …show more content…
When Europeans came to America, they decimated the Native American population. They brought illnesses that the Native Americans immune system could not combat. Today, they are allowed to live on a fraction of land they once owned. Because of the vacuum of workers created by the almost genocidal massacre of the Native Americans, Europeans had to find different workers so they looked to African. There they enslaved and destroyed yet another race. Europeans did all this in the name of advancement, but at some point we must put human lives ahead of