They (or rather, a past King) were pretty much to blame

for the current state of DR Congo. Said king (Leopold I think) pretty much ran it as a private feifdom and was particularly brutal, even by 19th centuty European standards. I believe it was he who introduced the practice of cutting off hands to Africa , as depicted in Blood River

Posted By: CB41 on June 5th 2018 at 21:18:10

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Wonderful little sports interview here (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 5, 20:09:05
- Saw a doc on Irish tv about him last year when I was (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 5, 22:13:38
- Thanks Tombs. I'll have a listen later. Meanwhile, can you give me some of your special (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 20:18:57
  - Obviously (Other Sports) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 5, 22:54:00
  - Not one single car has been manufactured in Belgium. (n/m) (Other Sports) - tudders, Jun 5, 22:43:22
    - Ever? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Dandy Highburyman, Jun 5, 22:51:23
  - They (or rather, a past King) were pretty much to blame (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 5, 21:18:10
    - I might skip past that bit (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 21:21:35
      - Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 5, 21:33:01
        
        You are def right there Tombs, but I'm struggling to see (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 5, 22:15:57
        
        ✅ (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 21:49:45
        
        Apparently voting is compulsory in Belgium (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 5, 21:36:14
        
        ^Ben, ban these political posts (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jun 5, 21:41:38
        
        and I thought it was an apolitical post? (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 5, 21:49:15
      - Suit yourself, but its a very important part of Clonial history (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 5, 21:23:53
        
        I can't be telling them about hands being chopped off. I'll have complaints! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 21:49:28
        
        Anyway, they'll all have seen the film, and worse on (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 5, 22:30:30
        
        But surely it's your duty to educate the spoilt littlre (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 5, 22:25:01
  - Erm... (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 5, 21:17:49
    - Excellent! They can eat sprouts. I'm having chocolate (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 21:20:30
      - Lovely little weekend destination is the Belgiums (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 5, 21:26:57
  - Show them In Bruges. Beautifully shot scenes of the city. (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Jun 5, 20:57:20
    - Great film (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jun 5, 21:57:56
  - My boss is Belgian (Other Sports) - camcan, Jun 5, 20:49:41
    - Oh thank you camcan! I'm definitely playing ca plane pour moi! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 21:18:56
    - ......... (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jun 5, 20:51:11
      - I love that song. I've played it in assemblies before (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 21:22:06
      - I drew Belgium in the euro sweepstakes and we did a desk competition (Other Sports) - camcan, Jun 5, 20:52:51
        
        Sensible to miss the sprouts too. I'm hoping they do better than they did in the Euros (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 21:24:45
        
        I feel like emigrating to Belgium 🇧🇪 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jun 5, 20:59:20
  - Chocolate- biggest exporter of chocolate 🍫 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jun 5, 20:36:11
    - Great fact. Well done Belgium (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 20:41:27
  - Went more than a year without a proper government after the 2010 election (n/m) (Other Sports) - watfordcanary, Jun 5, 20:35:16
  - Eddy Merckx (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 5, 20:23:04
    - Inventor of the flicky hand thing (n/m) (Other Sports) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 5, 21:30:46
    - Is he one of the three famous Belgians? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 20:29:30
  - Castles. More castles per mile than any other country. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 5, 20:22:32
    - What, even Lilliput? (n/m) (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 5, 21:19:40
    - Really? Well fancy! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jun 5, 20:25:27
      - Odd but true! (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 5, 20:33:40

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