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To: Boot Hill
Westerners have misunderstood the Dutch for a long time. They embraced tolerance because it worked for them, or at least seemed to. Now they will make potential immigrants watch video of two men kissing in public {ugh}and women sunbathing topless {yum!} and those that don't react appropriately will not be allowed in. This will also work for them. They are a very practical people.

It's also a mistake to equate tolerance with liberalism - one we especially should not make. The Dutch have been tolerant for practical reasons, but are probably less liberal than most Europeans.
21 posted on 03/12/2006 9:38:40 PM PST by Northern Alliance
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To: Northern Alliance
Uh, ya don't think they'll figure out how to respond to those videos?

"Though most sentences were short", says it all. The Dutch are finished. The Muslim population of Holland is 6%, I was under the impression that at 15% they would have had enough political and social clout to call the shots. I was mistaken. The demographics of the native Dutch (dismal), combined with the flight of the young and skilled, along with the monied, will seal the fate of the Dutch in short order.

Would you live in a country where your politicians, film makers, writers and publishers are in hiding or under protection from a mere fraction of 6% of the population and your government is all but powerless to respond?

24 posted on 03/12/2006 11:02:59 PM PST by ChEng
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