into New Guinea for example, within a matter of 
months of their bringing in radio, the amount of 
militia required to keep the peace in the area would 
outnumber the population. And they take in radio 
as follows: install, let’s say, a loud speaker on a 
pole in front of the chief’s hut or tent and every 
few days they’d have a program from the 
government—fairly innocuous stuff. Not violent, 
no violent content here, this would be the 
missionary hour. Messages on cleanliness, and 
clean up the village, and don’t let stagnant water 
lie around in a puddles, and good things like that. 
You know, health messages. And even so, 
regardless of the content, within a few months the