Posted on 05/17/2002 6:08:18 AM PDT by knighthawk
There appeared a thread yesterday:
It said that Pim Fortuyn was 'a powerful advocate or paedophilia'. The article in the Scotsman is based on an 1999 column of Pim Fortuyn.
The article there leaves out the things that make one understand what he is saying.
1. If it was true this was such a vile column, Elsevier would have never allowed it to be printed
2. If it was true this was such a vile column, the media an left parties would have brought it to the attention of people months ago. And by doing so stopping Fortuyn cold in his tracks before he could break down the left
3. If it was true this was such a vile column, and he is a sexual pervert, then way did nobody claimed the 2250 dollar reward a leftist organization awarded the first man that could bring out information about Fortuyn's sexual past that would descredit him. Not ONE single person managed to come up with anything.
I a furious, not about the article, but they way it was presented and pinged around.
This is exactly what led to the death of Pim Fortuyn in the first place, the demonization of the media and politicians, who lied and published selected half-true things, leaving out the rest.
He was murdered by a man who thought that shooting so was a good thing to do.
I am sorry that it ended this way. Thanks go to the people who supported me. Maybe we will meet again.
Silence
So cold is the night
It's silent without light
Since days they promised us
To be home again
The death comes closer
The fear's coming nearer to us
There will be no tomorrow
Do we go insane
I have a picture of you with me
Will there ever be an end
Will there ever be a last goodbye
Please tell me there is hope
In silence till we die
There is still longing
In my eyes I see a different earth
I'm not impressed
It's just the silence
There must be something to believe in
Will there ever be an end
Will there ever be a last goodbye
Please tell me there is hope
In silence till we die
In silence till we die
Waiting it's lately
And there will be a fight
Escape to a new world
What will be behind these lies
There must be something to believe in
Will there ever be an end
Will there ever be a last goodbye
Just tell me there is hope
In silence till we die
In silence
Do you believe it
There is still hope in hy heart...
Obviously this is your decision knighthawk, but I still disagree with you. In any group as large as FR there are bound to be a few idiots. Including some who know how to use ping lists. Can you name any city in the Netherlands with an adult population as large as the membership of Free Republic without at least a few people as ignorant as the ones who have upset you here. At least most of the folks here have the excuse of not being familiar with Pym Fortuyn, and were therefore not in a position to know the truth.
I hope that you change your mind, because you will be missed. The forces of liberty need friends like you.
You were very welcome poster here and the great majority of us on FR agreed with you, please stay with us, that was just one sorehead.
We Christians never agreed with ALL Pim said or did in his life, but we certainly recognized him as an honest and trustworthy man who made the world and NL a better place, and certainly did not deserve to be gunned down, --and the media HAD demonized him and created a climate of hate!
BTW, from all I have read (disregarding the Scot article) Pim Fortuyn sounds like he was a very creative and dynamic person. I probably would have voted that way if I lived in the NL. I do get a bit more NL news than some Americans, since I work for Royal Philips. Keep in touch!
But I guess it's hard to do that when you're:
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