1900: The wife of former French President Paul Doumer throws money at Vietnamese children during the colonial era.

[onebyone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620061977602330629

 

[Kuru]

Handing them the coins would have been more intelligent and convenient for all parties.

 

[Sineva]

Handing them the coins would have been more intelligent and convenient for all parties.

Indeed,it almost looks like she could be feeding the pigeons in a town square somewhere.

Josep Borrell would no doubt approve of the image,the "civilized" european gardeners helping out the poor less fortunate "jungle" dwellers.

 

[REhorror]

I always get teary eyes when I see those old vids.
Glad it is over.

 

[Trango Towers]

I always get teary eyes when I see those old vids.
Glad it is over.

It's not over...look at Iraq Afghanistan Syria Libya. The colonies have just moved

 

[datafreak]

It's not over...look at Iraq Afghanistan Syria Libya. The colonies have just moved

Those are political/ relegious conflicts.Not some blind acceptance of one culture being 'superior' to others.

 

[cochine]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620061977602330629

and at the end 1954 at Dien Bien Phu...we cared them, colonialists like this.

 

[REhorror]

It's not over...look at Iraq Afghanistan Syria Libya. The colonies have just moved

The fight continues!

 

[villageidiot]

Handing them the coins would have been more intelligent and convenient for all parties.

Coins are a choking hazard. The white man cared for us. He wouldn't want anything bad for us.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

reminds of me feeding doves..

 

[Trango Towers]

Those are political/ relegious conflicts.Not some blind acceptance of one culture being 'superior' to others.

And the suffering is different. People like you always find excuses for your masters

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Coins are a choking hazard. The white man cared for us. He wouldn't want anything bad for us.

I plead guilty to doing this in Cancun Mexico in the early 1990's during Spring Break. That was pretty much what everybody did on the last day with the local money before getting back on the plane.

Everybody had stacks of mostly paper pesos and what the hell are you going to do with them. So you'd throw it up the air..the street kids were everywhere. Better for them to have it then me throwing it in the bottom of a drawer back home.

Only two ways onto the peninsula and they wouldn't let adults in unless they were cab drivers or workers but kids were an exception.