tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post2775921273689739784..comments2024-03-14T23:42:44.959+01:00Comments on AFRO-EUROPE: MEP Louis Michel says: “King Leopold II was a hero.”Afro-Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-32585487492618928722010-06-24T20:35:00.418+02:002010-06-24T20:35:00.418+02:00Belgium keeps surprising me. Saying that Belgium c...Belgium keeps surprising me. Saying that Belgium colonialism was good for Congo is of course absurd. But Congo is in the midst of brutal civil war, so I wonder if the statement of Louis Michel could have a political background. <br /><br />I remember that Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende referred to the colonial VOC shipping company to booster the Dutch trade mentality. He didn't mentioned that the company also traded slaves.Afro-Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-50199680561526392522010-06-24T18:41:27.496+02:002010-06-24T18:41:27.496+02:00Louis Michel is a RACIST. That's allLouis Michel is a RACIST. That's allFremonsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899101390979909460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-23338837649290279282010-06-24T14:32:44.909+02:002010-06-24T14:32:44.909+02:00The sad thing KonWomyn is that the poor Congolese ...The sad thing KonWomyn is that the poor Congolese masses didn't enjoy any form of worthy education in the last 30 years. This results to generations of people who don't know their history, but know very well what they have gone through (and how their African leaders failed them completely). To many the colonial past is brighter than the 'independent' present. When they think about colonization they think about what their parents and grand parents said about the periode 1950-1960 (When under left wing pressure the colonizer started to introduce some humanitarian actions within the colonial project). <br /><br />The colonizer may have been unfair and ruthless, but at least there was some order and rule of law (which the current leaders can't guarantee). And this is often what the common people remember in Congo. It's not strange to hear an old man ask whites: "When will the Belgians come back ... ?"Sibo Kanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269664665171033560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-49378833478961121272010-06-24T13:47:14.448+02:002010-06-24T13:47:14.448+02:00Unbelievable! King Leopold II is the very reason w...Unbelievable! King Leopold II is the very reason why there is such deep conflict in the Congo. FACT: the Belgians committed genocide, you can't be selective in your history because you can't deal with your bloodied past, it's an insult. I'd like him to stand up before the African community in Belgium or better yet go to the Congo and try say such rubbish.KonWomynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244078092450908161noreply@blogger.com