Posted on 11/16/2004 12:02:59 PM PST by wkdaysoff
Cultures Do Not Mix They Clash!
Multiculturalism is a denial of the simple truth that cultures clash. The proponents of multiculturalism attack this truth by claiming that:
All the different cultures can live like one big happy family as soon as we get rid of the bad people - the racists, sexists, fascists, chauvinists, bigots, red necks etc. They do not utter these words directly because such a plain statement immediately reveals the absurdity of multiculturalism, but this is what they imply by their words and deeds. The flaws of their notion are easy to realise as different cultures have different beliefs that make them incompatible.
Yep, even the Dutch are starting to get it.
Greatest of all time though???
They should throw mr animal rights advocate to a pack of hungry lions.
Its kind of a knee jerk reaction that reflects the current climate over there.
Rembrandt, Huygens, and Descartes probably want a recount.
Yeah climate is quite stirred...
Segregation, ignorance and denial...
I thought this was strange as well, but then I started to think of all of the famous Belgians in history, and well, other than a few guys (mostly monks) who made beer, I could not think of any. No Offense Belgium.
Hell, I thought they meant Harry Dunkleberger who lives on Rt. 61. (Berks Co., PA)
Which Descartes do you mean?
this reminds of those ridiculous polls in the 90's where people voted Clinton as out greatest president. (It was probably the only President's name they knew).
It's like the greatest song or the greatest movie. Recent ones always get extra votes because that's what people remember. I assumed it would be the boy with the thumb. Or the original Van Gogh.
The French philosopher René Descartes who lived in the Netherlands 1628 - 1649 under the service of Prince Maurice of Nassau.
What???? Oh, like the French really deserve him.
Germany voted for Adenauer, Mozart (Austrian) came in second...
Great Britain voted for Churchill
yes Rembrandt definately was
and Fortuyn as greatest dutchman is certainly a knee jerk reaction, but not just against recent islamofascist actions, but also against the socialist state which taxes us to death and then you see politicians waste it on their pet projects, and there's a severe bias against anything conservative and a severe bias towards anything socialist, but I feel my friends, the tide is starting to turn against it. The governmental departments are filled with 60's peace generation hippies, and we're paying the price for it now.
personally, for greatest dutchman I would have picked either Johan de Witt or Johan van Oldenbarneveld, or if it had to be someone still living, our national football (ie soccer) ambassador Johan Cruyff.
I vote for Ronald "Dutch" Reagan.
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