Europe: The Land of Double-Dealing Culture

Europe: Land of

Double-Dealing Culture

 Europa-How it Began

Europe-one time center of the world-

source of western and modern

civilization,

pioneered by Hellenistic Greek and

Catholic Rome;

civilization that foreshadowed

renaissance.

Renaissance-a cultural movement-

that birthed discovery, exploration,

science, industrial revolution, and

religious reformation;

a double-dealing culture of

rape, exploitation, and civility.

Europe-the second smallest

of all continents-

landmass bordered

by three continental waters

have had more shares in

world events than any

continent.

Enlightenment from 15^th century

culture revival-the renaissance- 

made Europe pursued political and

economic interests beyond its

territorial frontiers into Asia,

Africa, new world-the Americas-

and Australia-the “unknown land of

the South.”

Europe-the land of twelve 

monarchs and the Vatican-

throne of pope;

in you were these

human lords British, French,

German, Italian, Spanish,

Portuguese, and Belgian,

notoriously famous for centuries,

because of evils and atrocities

they committed and perpetuated

against humanity outside

their borders and frontiers.

Europe and its Trademark:

Europe-you created and ran-

Trans-Atlantic slave trade in

Africa,

a morally disgusting trade for

centuries;

servitude you established in

occupied territories,

colonialism you pursued as

policy of subjugation, and

exploitation by means of rape

and looting you espoused.

Africans-you dehumanized-

their possessions you

forcibly took away from them;

their gold, silver, copper, and

valuables you apportioned

to build your homelands;

by means of her sweat

it created interminable

wealth for you.

Cries from their lands

made you joyful,

emotional and physical

pains from their homelands

brought you eternal

happiness,

dirge-yes-threnody 

from their fields translated

to symphony of joy for you.

Her skin you turned fur,

which covered your kith and

kin in winter and,

linen in summer;

ceaselessly, African fingers

tilled the lands that fed you.

Upon their shoulders and

their heads without carrier

pads,

they carried all the loots

in their lands to your

chosen destinations.

At your tables they served

day and night,

in your vineyards,

naked-they cultivated-

that you may lacked nothing.

Their women you turned to

sex objects for your pleasure,

their kids you turned guards

and sentries to watch over

your children.

Their biologically imbued men

you turned breeders and

bloodstock for copulation,

to give you healthy souls

for labor in your courtyards.

Unending Revised Servitude:  

Europe-in you was once upon

a time-

an empire where sun never set,

empire that once controlled

one-third of earth’s land mass and

fifty percent of world resources.

From ocean to ocean, sea to sea,

one end of the earth to the other,

she honked everyone heard her;

whenever she roared,

every soul trembled.

At will she decided

who should be set free and

who would not without

convincing reasons.

Europe for your interest,

unrelated geographical

territories you created

in Africa,

people of different cultures,

outlook, and social systems

you herded into same pen,

for your immediate and

long term gains.

Even now that you are

technically off stage,

evils planted centuries ago,

superiority of race,

hate, slavery, servitude, and

mistreatments have become

a giant sequoia;

it branches and foliage provide

shade to modern world,

fruit from it keep shaping

today’s thinking just like

yesterday.

Europe-your yesterday

immoral trades-

driven mainly by profits have

created today’s corrupt and

inequalities in all spheres of

human endeavors.

Sad to say, yesterday’s

mistreatment and

dehumanization on your

victims have refused to go

from their offspring’s

memory-centuries after.

Rather modern day actors-

who are directly or

indirectly related to you-

found joy in perfecting

yesterday’s modus operandi,

techniques, and procedures

to subjugate the weak,

hound the feeble, and

harass the powerless.

Even as the offspring of

yesterday’s victims are

crying of evils their ancestors

suffered,

today’s evils against them

are worse.

When will the evil be over?

When will the children of victims

and children of erstwhile masters

sit just as one in the same courtyard?

When will your faucet dispense

water of fairness, justice, and equality?