^A Currency of Severed Hands
One junior white officer described a raid to punish a village that had protested. The white officer in command "ordered us to cut off the heads of the men and hang them on the village palisades, also their sexual members, and to hang the women and the children on the palisade in the form of a cross." After seeing a native killed for the first time, a Danish missionary wrote: "The soldier said 'Don't take this to heart so much. They kill us if we don't bring the rubber. The Commissioner has promised us if we have plenty of hands he will shorten our service.'" In Forbath's words again:
The baskets of severed hands, set down at the feet of the European post commanders, became the symbol of the Congo Free State. ... The collection of hands became an end in itself. Force Publique soldiers brought them to the stations in place of rubber; they even went out to harvest them instead of rubber... They became a sort of currency. They came to be used to make up for shortfalls in rubber quotas, to replace... the people who were demanded for the forced labour gangs; and the Force Publique soldiers were paid their bonuses on the basis of how many hands they collected.
In theory, each right hand proved a murder. In practice, soldiers sometimes "cheated" by simply cutting off the hand and leaving the victim to live or die. More than a few survivors later said that they had lived through a massacre by acting dead, not moving even when their hand was severed, and waiting till the soldiers left before seeking help. In some instances a soldier could shorten his service term by bringing more hands than the other soldiers, which led to widespread mutilations and "unjust" dismemberment.
why did i read at first "lived through a massacre by eating dead, not moving even when their hand was severed, and waiting till the soldiers left before seeking help."
Comments to Title has me stumped
"All right, all right!!"
hehe
a-ight!
"We'd be giving you the finger right now, you camera wielding bastards, if we weren't having technical difficulties."
They are giving you a "stumps up"
We give this movie 4 stumps up.
8 stumps, pay attention.
The other 4 ain't up.
They have been lifted.
Who has ever used leg or foot for a rating, that's retarded.
Remember Boys to Men?
"Motown Philly back again...
doin' a little no hand swing.
the temptations, after a drug fueled frenzy
Pass de Dutchie on de left-hand side?
another excuse for not having a job
Nice.
Lepers??
Pssst lepers lose soft tissue first.
I'm sure she's good at Math or something.
"Math is hard!"
Lupusers?
diamond mine thieves?
no, it's *not* lupus!
A girl good at math? lol...
Besides doesn't Starsky work at like a convience store?
starr works at starbucks, right?
Its the n new boy band. APM.
n new? is that like uber new?
ok i'll say it...
Is this a hip-'hop' group?
*tumbleweed rolls by..*
...in the distance,a dog barks...
*crickets chirping*
"we will fuck yo ass up even if we dont have hands no feet"
theives from the sand countries? eat with your asswiper fuckers!
They all been stealing shit?
duh, there black aint they!
LETS ALL GIVE THEM AN AROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS.
I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. Why don't you shout!!!
MR> CAPS LOCK!!!!
FUUUCK REDSUN YOUR MOM WAS SO FUCKEN WASTED THAT NIGHT.
if his mother was 3 bucks cheaper I'd be his father.
I would have been his father, if that dog hadn't beat me under the fence...
I would have been his father, if his brother didn't beat me to it.
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Not me,I just will not fuck ugly women...
You liar.
I heard it as,
I would have been his daddy, if the dog hadn't beat me up the stairs.
I heard it like nova said except over the fence.
man its gonna be hard as hell to fap now... maybe they'll suck eachothers stumps
They still got their lefts.
what kinda sick fuck faps with his left hand?!?!?
What, you dont like a little strange now and then?
yeah..
i shouldn't confess that to a guy who 's old enough to be my grandfather!
I'm a sick fuck that faps with his left hand! The right uses the mouse!
I can see it now, a new fad " ... But everyone else is doing ittt...", just like the whole emo idea...
this is what happens when you dont bring rubber.
or Ivory.
Just where did the Africans learn those nifty tricks?
^A Currency of Severed Hands
One junior white officer described a raid to punish a village that had protested. The white officer in command "ordered us to cut off the heads of the men and hang them on the village palisades, also their sexual members, and to hang the women and the children on the palisade in the form of a cross." After seeing a native killed for the first time, a Danish missionary wrote: "The soldier said 'Don't take this to heart so much. They kill us if we don't bring the rubber. The Commissioner has promised us if we have plenty of hands he will shorten our service.'" In Forbath's words again:
The baskets of severed hands, set down at the feet of the European post commanders, became the symbol of the Congo Free State. ... The collection of hands became an end in itself. Force Publique soldiers brought them to the stations in place of rubber; they even went out to harvest them instead of rubber... They became a sort of currency. They came to be used to make up for shortfalls in rubber quotas, to replace... the people who were demanded for the forced labour gangs; and the Force Publique soldiers were paid their bonuses on the basis of how many hands they collected.
In theory, each right hand proved a murder. In practice, soldiers sometimes "cheated" by simply cutting off the hand and leaving the victim to live or die. More than a few survivors later said that they had lived through a massacre by acting dead, not moving even when their hand was severed, and waiting till the soldiers left before seeking help. In some instances a soldier could shorten his service term by bringing more hands than the other soldiers, which led to widespread mutilations and "unjust" dismemberment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State
christ!
wowzers!
why did i read at first "lived through a massacre by eating dead, not moving even when their hand was severed, and waiting till the soldiers left before seeking help."
What about the feet?
Holy hell!
God the belgians were sick fucks...
Did anyone notice that plantshit started this little bit?
Maybe he got a better education in Sweden than most people on here?
see no evil, feel no evil?
.. they're not blind?
How can you be sure?
they're all looking straight at the camera..
Well there goes their sex lives.
what? come again?
They aren't that youg Vic, better let them get a nap first.
Is this the fisting team that redbicho had worn out?
Hurray for Team Stubs!@