More Dutch Plan to Emigrate as Muslim Influx Tips Scales

The New York TImes ^ | February 27, 2005 | MARLISE SIMONS

[BlackjackPershing]

AMSTERDAM - Paul Hiltemann had already noticed a darkening mood in the Netherlands. He runs an agency for people wanting to emigrate and his client list had surged.

But he was still taken aback in November when a Dutch filmmaker was shot and his throat was slit, execution style, on an Amsterdam street.

In the weeks that followed, Mr. Hiltemann was inundated by e-mail messages and telephone calls. "There was a big panic," he said, "a flood of people saying they wanted to leave the country."

Leave this stable and prosperous corner of Europe? Leave this land with its generous social benefits and ample salaries, a place of fine schools, museums, sports grounds and bicycle paths, all set in a lively democracy?

[BlackjackPershing]

The religion of 'peace' rolls on...

[pabianice]

Paul Hiltemann had already noticed a darkening mood in the Netherlands. He runs an agency for people wanting to emigrate and his client list had surged. But he was still taken aback in November when a Dutch filmmaker was shot and his throat was slit, execution style, on an Amsterdam street. In the weeks that followed, Mr. Hiltemann was inundated by e-mail messages and telephone calls. "There was a big panic," he said, "a flood of people saying they wanted to leave the country."

And that's the difference between old Europe and the USA. When Americans are hit at home, we fight back. When the Dutch are hit at home, they break into tears and run.

Europe is so over...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They'd be welcome in the US.

[yankeedame]

And that's the difference between old Europe and the USA. When Americans are hit at home, we fight back. When the Dutch are hit at home, they break into tears and run.

Europe is so over...

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Well, in this life you're either the anvil or the hammer.

[Guillermo]

It's not the fault of all the Dutch that their country has turned into a multi-cultural wasteland.

I'm sure these emigrants saw this coming, years ago...