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| SOMEBODY knocked some sense into the Dutch ... |
| 2003-09-02 |
| EFL AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Those who visit Amsterdam this summer, watching tourists patrolling the infamous Red Light district in search of sex and drugs, might not notice how the vaunted Dutch tolerance is wearing thin. The Dutch, complaining that their culture of "looking the other way" has created a free-for-all, want to turn the clock back. The toughest stance has been taken by Rotterdam, traditionally regarded as the working man’s city as opposed to Amsterdam, home of the cultural elite. ... wow. As I said in my previous post earlier today, other posters here have abilities tenfold of mine are thus should be consulted as to the proper responses. On the other hand, the thought of the effete ’culturalists’ being run about by the working class, those who actually do (well, as much as is possible within a socialist country), just inspired an S&M joke ... And behind the calls for more law and order is a growing tendency to blame crime on ethnic minorities. *rolls eyes* And here’s why conservatism and the right-wing in Europe has been discredited ... it’s usually racist. In America, that usually applies to our left. Anywho, read the full article? |
| Posted by:Lu Baihu |