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No tolerance, please, we’re Dutch
The Spectator ^ | Issue: 5 February 2005 | Ron Liddle

Posted on 02/04/2005 9:44:24 AM PST by Eurotwit

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1 posted on 02/04/2005 9:44:24 AM PST by Eurotwit
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To: knighthawk

ping


2 posted on 02/04/2005 9:49:10 AM PST by Eurotwit
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To: Eurotwit

bump


3 posted on 02/04/2005 9:50:57 AM PST by Dark Skies ("The sleeper must awaken!")
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To: Eurotwit

The Dutch made their bed. Let them lie in it.

"If ya let them do it to ya, ya got yourself to blame." The Who, Quadrophenia.


4 posted on 02/04/2005 9:52:43 AM PST by henkster
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To: Eurotwit
‘Still they tell us we must respect Islam. Why must we?’

Why indeed!!!

5 posted on 02/04/2005 9:55:43 AM PST by Dacus943
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To: Dacus943

We can still respect "real" islam, as soon as they universally and unmistakenly denounce the horrors that the "unreal" islam fanatics are practicing. (crickets chirping...)

Actually, not a bad intro to "Unreal Tournament - Eurabia"


6 posted on 02/04/2005 9:59:29 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Eurotwit

Dutch needs to get even tougher or they will be on a rug 5 times a day and gone will be the dope/coffee houses.


7 posted on 02/04/2005 10:01:29 AM PST by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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Dutch needs to get even tougher or they will be on a rug 5 times a day and gone will be the dope/coffee houses.

No. They will simply replace the dope w/ hashish and the coffee with Moroccan mint tea.

8 posted on 02/04/2005 10:02:43 AM PST by Tamar1973 (“Someone who doesn't know the difference between good & evil is worth nothing.”)
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We can still respect "real" islam, as soon as they universally and unmistakenly denounce the horrors that the "unreal" islam fanatics are practicing.

The sad thing is that the jihadists are the good muslims. The ones that want to live well amongst their neighbors are bad muslims and will be killed in good time if they don't shape up.

9 posted on 02/04/2005 10:05:18 AM PST by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: Eurotwit

I'll give 2 to one odds on allah vs Brussels. Thanks to myopic politicians and an anything goes identity they are in way over their heads. Those softies don't have the will to fix the problem.


10 posted on 02/04/2005 10:06:17 AM PST by bbenton
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"What’s happened in Holland is a warning: one commentator calls it ‘Education By Death’ — the process which made the silent majority in America become militant after 9/11, which galvanised the Australians after the Bali bomb, which led to the fall of the Aznar government after the Madrid train bombing. The transformation of achingly liberal and endlessly tolerant Western people into resolute neocons."

I'm surprised the author included the fall of Aznar's govt with these other events. What the Spanish did last March was the opposite of transforming into resolute neocons. Instead, it was the epitome of appeasement to the terrorists.


11 posted on 02/04/2005 10:06:29 AM PST by sassbox
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This was for everyone in the country to wear an orange wristband signifying unity and tolerance. You can also buy badges bedecked with a picture of a little bumblebee in support of the government slogan ‘Bee Tolerant’ (geddit?).



Stupid librals and their symbolism.


12 posted on 02/04/2005 10:06:34 AM PST by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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Brussels versus Allah. I wonder who would win?

No-brainer there !

13 posted on 02/04/2005 10:06:50 AM PST by 1066AD
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To: Eurotwit
Here's a thought that I've been mulling on for years

Many European nations, especially France, are near or are at a "tipping point" with the Muslim population. Soon the Muslims WILL be the voting majority. So what happens then? Will we see in our lifetime full Muslim governments in Europe? What is to keep a Taliban like government from taking control?

What happens to the art work in France--everyone saw what happened in Afghanistan--what little historical art was there was blown up, against the wishes of the Western world.

How soon before European women are required to wear a full bourka and have all rights stripped away?

It seems that an insidious poison is creeping across Europe, so much more deadly than Hitler, but so quiet that one almost has a image of someone in a pot with the water slowing rising to a boil


And most importantly, how long before America is once again asked to rescue Europe?

14 posted on 02/04/2005 10:10:20 AM PST by SoftballMominVA
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To: bbenton

But I'll take 5 to 1 on the ghost of the Hapsburgs vs the moon diety any day. The day is coming.

(but alas, not the ghost of El Cid)


15 posted on 02/04/2005 10:11:30 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Tamar1973

The hash is already there.


16 posted on 02/04/2005 10:11:41 AM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: SoftballMominVA

Don't forget Poland and Italy. They actually were very helpful in stopping the last moslem hoard.


17 posted on 02/04/2005 10:14:38 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Eurotwit
in your Maghrebian ghetto

Obscure geographic reference alert!

18 posted on 02/04/2005 10:19:14 AM PST by mark502inf
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To: bbenton
Brussels versus Allah. I wonder who would win?

I'll take Allah and give you 11 points. The Church of England could clean Brussels' clock, two times out of three.

19 posted on 02/04/2005 10:21:12 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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There are broader fears at large. One recent study suggested that within six years at least three large Dutch cities will have an effective Muslim majority. There’s also the nightmare scenario of the Low Countries’ caliphate. There are enormous and growing Muslim populations in towns and cities dotted along the coast from Lille to Rotterdam — populations which will one day be in the majority.

Post-9/11 I see a lot of remarks like this. It sounds plausible, but I've never seen solid demographic projections to back it up. It's easy to find (here, for example) overall demographic projections for a country. But perhaps because of the political sensitivity of it, I've never seen any serious demographers attempt to project the Muslim/non-Muslim breakdown over the next few decades in these countries. Has anyone seen any serious attempts of this kind?

20 posted on 02/04/2005 10:23:11 AM PST by untenured
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