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Dutch to Muslims: Do you really want to settle here? Dutch send Muslims a warning
The Chicago Tribune ^ | April 9, 2006 | Tom Hundley

Posted on 04/09/2006 2:27:55 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- The new test for foreigners who want to apply for Dutch residency is, well, very Dutch.

It features a DVD that illustrates various aspects of Dutch life, including, most notably, a topless woman frolicking in the surf and two men kissing warmly. The message couldn't be more explicit: This is who we are; if you don't accept it, don't come.

Although the DVD doesn't single out any particular group, the intended target of the message is clear. Growing numbers of conservative Muslim immigrants are seen by many Dutch as posing a threat to the Netherlands' liberal consensus and easygoing lifestyle.

The Dutch are not alone. Britain and Germany are toying with the idea of citizenship tests that would examine cultural values of Muslim immigrants. In the wake of Sept. 11, the attacks in London and Madrid, and the Danish cartoon controversy, Europeans are struggling to come to grips with a widening culture gap between themselves and an increasingly alienated Muslim immigrant community.

Woman passes ad on Amsterdam street. The new test for for residency shows a topless woman frolicking in the surf and two men kissing warmly.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: eurabia; europeanmuslims; holland; homosexualagenda; netherlands
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1 posted on 04/09/2006 2:27:59 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: LurkedLongEnough

"The new test for for residency shows a topless woman frolicking in the surf and two men kissing warmly."

High culture indeed.../sarc


2 posted on 04/09/2006 2:31:13 PM PDT by fizziwig (Democrats: so far off the path, so incredibly vicious, so sadly pathetic.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Most of the crap on that DVD would just entice more illegals into our nation.


3 posted on 04/09/2006 2:32:24 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
The problem isn't that Muslims object to immorality; the problems are various other things they object to (like freedom of speech and religion) and...how they object.
4 posted on 04/09/2006 2:33:57 PM PDT by B Knotts
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The new test for for residency shows a topless woman frolicking in the surf and two men kissing warmly.

Uh-huh. Lefties trying to get tough by emphasizing their weakness and degeneracy. That'll do it. I'm sure that the ROP suicide squads will be duly impressed and detered.
5 posted on 04/09/2006 2:35:40 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Di'ver'si'ty (adj.): A compound word derived from the root words: division; perversion; adversity.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Don't ask them! Just tell them they have demonstrated that they have no interest in becoming Dutchmen and they will be sent back. Get them out of Europe! NOW!
6 posted on 04/09/2006 2:37:00 PM PDT by Fithee (US Fifth Column = Leftist Press + John Kerry + Clintonistas + Leftist Socialist Democrats)
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To: satchmodog9
Most of the crap on that DVD would just entice more illegals into our nation.

Yes we need to acquaint illegals with taxes, social insecurity, permits, licenses, law and order, medical insurance, English as our language, and a non corrupt government..we better hurry while we still have the semblences of the latter..

7 posted on 04/09/2006 2:37:10 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Seems to me that this type of stuff would make very religous people of many flavors want to save the Dutch, rather than avoid them.

Religion can be a kooky thing, somethimes.


8 posted on 04/09/2006 2:37:53 PM PDT by HitmanLV (Some people like to dash it out, but they just can't take it!)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

" Not everyone sees it this way. Mesut Disli, a community activist who came to Rotterdam from Turkey, said that while he accepted the need for an entrance exam, he considered the scenes of nudity and homosexuality to be gratuitously offensive.

"They [Dutch officials] know that according to Islam, nudity and homosexuality are taboo. They know the feelings of Muslims on this subject. So, indirectly, they are saying that we are not welcome," he said."

Give that Turko a cigar!


10 posted on 04/09/2006 2:41:56 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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They already SEE this daily in the culture in Amsterdam. Why would this DVD stop them?


11 posted on 04/09/2006 2:45:11 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: LurkedLongEnough

This is all well and good, but if the Dutch don’t want immigrants and don’t have children, who exactly will take care of them when they are old?


12 posted on 04/09/2006 2:46:56 PM PDT by Gerfang
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To: LurkedLongEnough

And for the third time this week, I find myself wondering why the hell I haven't moved to the Netherlands yet.


13 posted on 04/09/2006 2:47:23 PM PDT by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Certainly the Muslims still want to go ther. They will continue to go there, and when they get strong enough its the dutch who wil be watching videos of the women of the Netherlands in Burka's.
Muslims dont go to countries to become what that country believes in they go to make a change , Its in their book.


14 posted on 04/09/2006 2:51:07 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: LurkedLongEnough

The lesser of two evils....


15 posted on 04/09/2006 2:56:37 PM PDT by EGPWS
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To: Gerfang

This is all well and good, but if the Dutch don’t want immigrants and don’t have children, who exactly will take care of them when they are old?

Gee, do ya think the Muslims will take care of the Dutch when they're older. They will, but not in the way the Dutch would like 'em too. Embracing gay marriage, not having children, and inviting in Muslim immigrants is as close to commiting suicide as a socity can come.


16 posted on 04/09/2006 2:58:23 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: LurkedLongEnough
a topless woman frolicking in the surf

I get to Amsterdam on Tuesday. I'll have to add this to my list of things to go see.

Right after windmills, tulips and cheese.

I like cheese.

17 posted on 04/09/2006 3:02:10 PM PDT by socal_parrot (Pass)
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"This is all well and good, but if the Dutch don’t want immigrants and don’t have children, who exactly will take care of them when they are old?"

Holland is special. It takes the application of greater dillegence to simply keep the place, period. IOW it must hold back the sea.

In the long run, the Dykes cannot be relied upon to maintain the dykes.

From what the world exhibits of muslim engineering, work ethic, economic results, they would likely allow the whole thing to go into disrepair, blaming the infidels.


18 posted on 04/09/2006 3:02:43 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: Gerfang

Not the two guys kissing on the DVD.


19 posted on 04/09/2006 3:04:00 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
This is who we are; if you don't accept it, don't come.
20 posted on 04/09/2006 3:06:55 PM PDT by Spirochete
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