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PeteMcCormack2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dear Wastedwasted3,The B&W photograph of the severed hands is from the colonial period, the Belgian Congo, where the severing of limbs was practiced as a form of punishment (in pursuit of rubber).It is juxtaposed with the post-colonial photo to show that the vile process is neither exclusive to a race, nor a time, and that the inhumane technique was known and used before the inconceivable modern atrocities(read King Leopold's Ghost, if you get a chance).Hope the information is useful.
wastedwasted3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
alledged Ugandan - not Rwandan, I meant.By the way, do people really believe that Africa was a peace-loving, progressive society before the Europeans took over?Most African conflicts are based along tribal lines which were present centuries before colonisation.
wastedwasted3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I like how the video contains images of limbless children which the narrator suggests happened under colonial rule. The images are no older than 1980.Viewers of this video are being mentally conditioned to associate Rwandan atrocities with the White mans' doing.
blacknosugarnocream (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That is a disingenuous and oddly defensive statement to make.
sshapewa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
nationalism is a fucking disease.were there countries during biblical times!!the world's resources are for those who have the means and dedication to exploit them to produce wealth for other people!!no one has a right to expect to be taken of by the government at all!!
bigdeneen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
dividing and conquering since the begining of time....
uptownbumtown (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Who cares. Get over it
uptownbumtown (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
wow what an intelligent topic. You must be really creative... idiot
JamaicaGR10 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
CHOMSKY!!!!!!!!
xxxAntifaActionXXX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
AfrikanerWeerBoetie--Tribal warfare and enslavement was common,BUT their was a difference,european colonization and enslavement was for capitilism,while african enslavement,you could eventually integrate into their soceity.-Europeans did exterminate many african groups such as the hereroe people of mozambique,who were killed,raped,tortured and enslaved by the west germans.-the bushmen were also forced to work on dutch plantations-douche bag! fuck the boers! | 
