Polandball I - Polandball can into space
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carmen510
Deity
I had to censor the first part of this two-parter.
Spoiler :
Spoiler :
PiMan
Deity
Touching... really... but did Finland II really name Finland III "Father"?
(That's the implication it gives, and I'm sticking with it.)
(That's the implication it gives, and I'm sticking with it.)
TheMulattoMaker
Dictator of RF
EDIT: NevermindI don't know what I was thinking. It wasn't polandball, just shirts with flags. Still, guess since this post is gonna exist no matter what now, may as well leave it in spoilers.
Spoiler :
My avatar is not makings of Polandball! Avatar is makings of SATW!
carmen510
Deity
pretty accurate
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
I lol'ed.
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
hands? this is heresy!
PiMan
Deity
I get that it is a colonialism joke, but I don't know what the hands are about.
And Britain should have a few choice words with whoever gave them the diamond/whoever they stole it from. I'm pretty sure a cut diamond shouldn't shatter like that when dropped.
And Britain should have a few choice words with whoever gave them the diamond/whoever they stole it from. I'm pretty sure a cut diamond shouldn't shatter like that when dropped.
The Belgian Congo was home to exceptionally cruel practices, even compared to other colonial powers - Villages who did not reach the quota for the production of rubber would often see all the children being killed, everyone's hands being chopped off, and/or the village burnt to the ground (often all three).
Omega124
Challenging Fate
African farmers on the rubber plantations in the Congo Free State would be killed by Belgian soldiers if they failed to meet quota. To prove the murder, the soldiers would cut their hands off.
strijder20
Wallowing in irony
We Belgians are so awesome, we can destroy diamonds with the power of pure terror
(Or the South Africans just gave glass diamonds to Britain and kept the real diamonds for themselves)
(Or the South Africans just gave glass diamonds to Britain and kept the real diamonds for themselves)
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
interestingly enough the dutch aren't fazed enough to drop the satay.
maybe because a wooden stake in your foot hurts.
maybe because a wooden stake in your foot hurts.
Midnight-Blue766
The filidh that cam frae Skye
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
So, to add to the pile of reasons not to invade Russia, "they also made a deal with the devil" might be the one that might finally get through the thick-skulls of would-be conquerors of Europe.
That's okay, I guess.
That's okay, I guess.
Midnight-Blue766
The filidh that cam frae Skye
No, the reason why you shouldn't invade Russia is because they killed the devil when he tried to make a deal with them.
Jan H
Prince
To be accurate, most cruelties took place at the time of the "Congo Freestate", when the country was the private property of King Leopold II of Belgium. Only in 1908, after numerous reports were published in the international media about the attrocities by the "Force Publique" (Leopold's private mercenary army), the Freestate was annexed by the Belgian government, and renamed to "The Belgian Congo".
About the shoped hands: The members of the Frce Publique (often black soldiers under white mercenary officiers) had to prove that they didn't waist any ammunition. So for every bullet fired, they had to show a hand. How much is true about thatstry, I couldn't say.
If you're interested in reading mire about the subject, I can highly recommend David Van Reybrouck's "Congo. A history" ("Congo. Een geschiedenis" in Dutch)
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