News and Events From October 3rd

[Robin Landseadel]

Funny, I thought it was all about karma.

	For many generations the natives of the Belgian Congo, for
	example, endured the most unspeakable atrocities at the hands
	of the Belgians, at the hands of Europe. Their suffering occurred
	in silence. This suffering was not indignantly reported in the
	Western press, as the suffering of white men would have been.
	The suffering of this native was considered necessary, alas, for
	European, Christian dominance. And, since the world at large
	knew virtually nothing concerning the suffering of this native,
	when he rose he was not hailed as a hero fighting for his land,
	but condemned as a savage, hungry for white flesh. The
	Christian world considered Belgium to be a civilized country;
	but there was not only no reason for the Congolese to feel that
	way about Belgium; there was no possibility that they could. . .

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin-antisem.html

With a tip of the Hatlo hat to Alice W.

On Oct 4, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Monte Davis wrote:

> Dave Monroe quotes:
> "In 1944 Germany launched over a thousand of these rockets against  
> Great
> Britain..."
>
> As noted before: more V2's were launched against Belgium, especially
> Antwerp, than against the UK. (And the total was closer to 5000 than  
> 1000.)
>
> But hey, it's all about us and our Anglo-American narrative, right?
>
> -Monte
>