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sarge43

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6. I say near because

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 9, 2020, 11:56 AM

Jun 2020

1. Unlike the Holocaust, it probably wasn't premeditated. In a way, something worse, indifference.

2. Many somehow survived - broken, maimed, half starved, suffering from diseases.

I know the people of the Congo are still enduring the consequences, but they still are there.

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Burned Leopold II statue removed from Antwerp square [View all] T_i_B Jun 2020 OP

Good. About time that near gennocide was brought out of the shadows. sarge43 Jun 2020 #1

Near genocide? T_i_B Jun 2020 #2

I say near because sarge43 Jun 2020 #6

It's difficult to say how many people were killed T_i_B Jun 2020 #10

The currently accepted death toll is 10M. n/t sarge43 Jun 2020 #12

I don't think that every single person needs to be killed for it to be called genocide. totodeinhere Jun 2020 #14

+1000 Kind of Blue Jun 2020 #16

Not according to the United Nations' Genocide Convention of 1948 Kind of Blue Jun 2020 #15

I sit corrected. n/t sarge43 Jun 2020 #18

A true monster. Glad to see this (nt) Recursion Jun 2020 #3

King Leopolds Ghost. A great read. Javaman Jun 2020 #4

You're too kind. sarge43 Jun 2020 #7

you're right. Javaman Jun 2020 #9

And the other monstrosity was he had plenty of help. n/t sarge43 Jun 2020 #11

That was an excellent book. I had read "Scramble for Africa" and wanted more info on Leopold ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2020 #13

Leopold II was a sadistic monster dalton99a Jun 2020 #5

One of the greatest assholes of all time. milestogo Jun 2020 #8

Leopold II is burning in hell for what he did to the Congo. Paladin Jun 2020 #17

10 million deaths!??!!! melt down that statue Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #19