Rate Leopold II as territorial governor

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

1 of course.

I suspect we'll see two fives from Richius and Goldie. Based on their views they probably worship the guy and consider him the greatest African leader of all time.

[Cubby]

Before I vote, was Leopold II the one who considered the Congo to be his own personal playground (he was King of Belgium)?

[minionofmidas]

Yes.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

yes and killed almost as many people as Hitler did while forcing the natives to produce rubber.

[J. J.]

yes and killed almost as many people as Hitler did while forcing the natives to produce rubber.

8-12 million?  And this is from someone who gave him a 1.

[Cubby]

I gave him a 1 for obvious reasons.

But I am not a typical liberal in that I don't think colonialism was 100% bad.

[The Duke]

1

He's in the Mugabe-Botha-Amin class of real losers.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

yes and killed almost as many people as Hitler did while forcing the natives to produce rubber.

8-12 million?  And this is from someone who gave him a 1.

I was actually just thinking of the 6 million Jews in the Holocaust and forgot there was much more, even if you don't count war casualties, but estimates of the number killed in the Congo Free State range from 5-15 million.