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To: NewAmsterdam
I wish these Dutch well. The Netherlands once had one of the strongest Catholic communities, which totally collapsed after Vatican II. The Netherlands, as much as anywhere, needs strong pro-life voices to be part of the public square.
14 posted on 11/18/2001 6:30:28 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: Unam Sanctam
We will have elections next year. The Party for Freedom and Democracy is the largest party in the polls now. A new party called 'Liveable Netherlands' is set to take about 5 or 6 seats (out of 150). That party is mainly a protest party and not necessarily a blessing on all fronts as far as I am concerned. But it does show that things are moving. We are still a democracy and we will fight for what we think is right. The biggest problem is with the Christian Democrats who cannot sort their party out.
15 posted on 11/18/2001 6:39:36 PM PST by NewAmsterdam
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To: Unam Sanctam
My own unscientific, unprovable theory about the rapid moral decline of Europe has to do with the two World Wars. World War I killed off the best and brightest of that generation, leaving behind the dregs who sought solace in radical totalitarianism or pacifism.

The Second World War led to the last great wave of European emigration to the New World, taking away even more of the best and brightest who had the initiative to start all over in foreign lands.

The Netherlands is an excellent case in point. Thousands of Dutch--among them the most moral and upright Christian people you'd ever meet, Catholic or Calvinist--emigrated to Canada, Australia and the USA after World War II, while the enervated, effete, elderly and collaborators stayed behind.

19 posted on 11/18/2001 7:55:11 PM PST by Loyalist
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