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15. +1. Evil greed on an industrial scale

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:08 AM

Feb 2019

A father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old daughter, severed as a punishment for having harvested too little rubber.

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UN: Belgium must apologize for colonialism, face its racism [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP

you can say the same thing about other colonial powers jay1124 Feb 2019 #1

Leopold was a monster who should be treated like Hitler and Pol Pot dalton99a Feb 2019 #2

100% agree, and I don't know how he gets a pass obamanut2012 Feb 2019 #13

Obscure UN "working group" isn't the UN GatoGordo Feb 2019 #3

I just looked it up, and you are totally wrong. Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #7

Your post is misleading. GatoGordo Feb 2019 #10

Sorry, your post doesn't make a bit of sense to me. Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #17

Par for the course GatoGordo Feb 2019 #18

I just watched a Parts Unknown rerun last night and BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #5

Ditto, saw that, and more recently about Belgium. elleng Feb 2019 #8

A few other countries got some explaining to do. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2019 #9

I read about this twenty years ago. Aristus Feb 2019 #11

+1. Evil greed on an industrial scale dalton99a Feb 2019 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2019 #14