Anonymous ID: d9406c Nov. 13, 2022, 9:55 a.m. No.17761246   🗄️.is đź”—kun

https://observerid.com/60-years-later-revisiting-michael-rockefellers-disappearance-in-papua-part-i-in-defence-of-max-lapre/

60 years later revisiting Michael Rockefeller’s disappearance in Papua Part I: In defence of Max Lapre

 

Why had the Asmats who were not known to head-hunt or to consume people who were not Asmat, have attacked Michael Rockefeller? Hoffman writes that it was retribution for the killing of five Otsjaneps by a colonial district officer named Max Lapre, in 1958.

Hoffman writes that there was continual warfare between the Asmat villages which included killing, headhunting and cannibalism in the 1940s, where hundreds of people were killed in such raids. The Dutch government began the pacification of the Asmat in 1952.

In 1956 Max Lapre was appointed controleur or district officer for Asmat. He was 30 years old. The incident that caused Lapre to pursue the Otsjaneps occurred at the end of 1957 when the Ostjaneps hid in their canoes at the mouth of the Etwa River and attacked a large party of Omadesep men returning home. They killed 113 Omadesep men and later decapitated them as revenge for the earlier killings of ten Otsjanep men by the Omadeseps. Lapre went with a group of armed Papuan policemen and warriors from another Asmat village not friendly to the Otsjaneps to investigate the killings. The Otsjanep warriors were armed, screaming and threatening and when one of them went running towards Lapre the Papuan policemen began shooting. Lapre ordered them to stop shooting but apparently 5 Otsjaneps were killed. Later in the book, Hoffman says that he was told that four of them had been the most important men in the village and suggests that Lapre deliberately targeted them. What he is suggesting is that Lapre deliberately ordered the most important men in the village to be shot. Is that truly what happened?

The report does not say that. The Otsjaneps killed 113 Omadeseps and beheaded them. This is a large number of people. What nation allows its citizens to do that unless it is in a state of war or chaos? It is the duty of governments to keep the peace and not allow warfare or murder. Governments deal with that in many ways but one of the most important ways is by sending out the police. Lapre went to the village to investigate but the tribesmen were not prepared to cooperate and his small police force was threatened by a very large group of armed and violent men who had killed over 100 people. Max Lapre was 32 years old and not very experienced. It was probably his first posting. It is very understandable if the police panicked and began to shoot. The Asmats go on raids using their boats. It is also understandable therefore that Lapre burnt the biggest boats before leaving.

Anonymous ID: d9406c Nov. 13, 2022, 10:07 a.m. No.17761293   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>1305 >>1358 >>1387

“This is one of the worst armed occupations since WW2 and many in the crypto community have the means to give back and make a real difference,” member Mason Lynaugh told Austonia via email. “By embracing cryptocurrency, Ukraine has given ATX DAO the opportunity to save innocent lives. We want to be the tip of the spear in leading the crypto community and others to take a stand by using any means they may have to help.”

While some have doubted the validity of Ukraine’s tweet, the country was actually pushing for donations and had asked for help in more traditional monetary forms last month.

The wallet address was further backed up when the vice prime minister of Ukraine posted the same one while seeking donations. The country has also confirmed that the deputy minister of digital transformation is collecting, holding and exchanging crypto into fiat—money controlled by central and governmental banks.

Most of the donations have come in the form of Bitcoin and Ethereum. In ATX DAO’s case, they’re working on finishing the art and engineering that will allow others to donate .0512, .512, 5.12 ETH or a custom amount at mint.atxdao.com and receive an NFT in return.

 

https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/ukraine-central-bank-says-it-is-preparin-idUSKBN2S303N

Ukraine central bank says it is preparing banking system for blackouts

Anonymous ID: d9406c Nov. 13, 2022, 10:36 a.m. No.17761398   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>1410 >>1412

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/04/wall-street-goes-crypto-in-the-bahamas/

Wall Street Goes Crypto in the Bahamas

The inaugural Crypto Bahamas conference was a four-day flex of FTX’s expanding empire – with a new era of “corporate crypto” firmly on display