sanjaykumar wrote: ↑14 Apr 2025 19:22 Of course the suspicion is that it is a forgery. It would be a crude and transparent one. But one that is perfectly synchronous and congruent with the actions of the colonialist.
It is the dog that did not bark. The deficit in referencing it declaiming it as a forgery is itself highly problematic.
sanjaykumar ji,
however which way one may slice it, there is no getting away from the fact that leopold was an evil man by any standards.
Not much better than what the britshits did in bengal, when they cut off the weaver's thumbs to stop them from making their exceptionally fine muslin cloth
Leopold's administration was characterized by systematic brutality and atrocities in the Congo Free State, including forced labour, torture, murder, kidnapping, and the amputation of the hands of men, women, and children when the quota of rubber was not met. In one of the first uses of the term, George Washington Williams described the practices of Leopold's administration of the Congo Free State as "crimes against humanity" in 1890
here is a belgian brand of chocolates that these heartless belgians made and sold
The Atrocity and Brutality of Belgium’s Black Hand Chocolates


Picture of “Congolese men holding cut off hands” Image Source- Wikimedia
All please note the fine and outstanding belgian white men, flanking the natives and holding the hands that, probably they had ordered lopped off, just to set the example