“appleblossom, i am afraid that is pretty much what Conrad implies, and while i love all his stories, especially Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, it is not the "savages" corrupting the English. THe Europeans had a tremendous history, and sadly America followed suite, of visiting horrors upon native subjected peoples that proved the real savages of the world include the "civilised white christians" as much as any other group in the world.”
posted Thursday, November 1 2007