Pim Fortuyn, murdered Dutch politician, on Israel

Likud Netherlands ^ | May 16 2002

[knighthawk]

See also:

The demonization of Pim Fortuyn, the Dutch up and coming politician

I am proud to have voted for Pim Fortuyn!

IN MEMORIAM
PIM FORTUYN
1948 - 2002

[knighthawk]

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[knighthawk]

Pim Fortuyn ping

[Cruising Speed]

If I were Dutch, I'd have voted for him too!

[weikel]

I just hope his assasination creates a sympathy vote for his ideas.

[backhoe]

The more I read of Pim Fortuyn's positions, the more I'm left shaking my head in puzzlement- they seem to be perfectly common-sense postions to me, and reaction from his opponents looks more & more extreme.

[Dog]

I just wanted to say Congrats on the Right's victory in your election yesterday...

Keep up the good work..

[PoisedWoman]

Thanks for ping. I hope this honest politician's thoughts continue to change the way the Dutch think -- and vote.

[tictoc]

Knighthawk, Bad news here.

According to the article in The Scotsman, Fortuyn wrote a column in 1999 excusing pedophilia (one of the worst crimes IMHO).

I had previously written on another thread that while I was concerned that Fortuyn would have pushed a homosexual agenda after taking office in a coalition government, such tendencies could have been neutralized by his coalition partners the Christian Democrats. However, pedophilia is something else again.

While I am pleased that Fortuyn courageously opposed Islamofascism, advocated free-market principles and stood up for Israel, his stand on "man-boy love" makes him (posthumously) unacceptable to me as a politican who should be trusted with public office.

Sorry.

[knighthawk]

Listen, if it was true, the left here in the Netherlands would have used this one to demonize him even more. What kind of stuff would make more a demon out of him than this. But the lefties/media never mentioned anything remote.

If one thing the Fortuyn-affair could have told people:

NEVER BELIEVE WHAT THE MEDIA TELLS YOU, CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF FIRST!!!

[xJones]

From your link: Also it's time to say to the Palestinians to do something useful on their land with the millions of aid they recieve. Instead of tunneling the money to Swiss bank-accounts from corrupt PA elitist, they need to invest it in a state. Justice, democracy and the economy. The situation was for the Jews not much different back in 1948.

All this makes his assassination even more sad, but you commented that Fortuyn's last book sold out 10,000 copies on the first day of sale a few days ago. He's dead, but his words have been given even greater emphasis.

[tictoc]

I agree with you there. I just surfed over to the Elsevier web site and entered "Fortuyn" into the search box but got 0 hits (?). Eventually, I am sure, the report will be either confirmed or disproven. If I could edit my previous post, therefore, I would like to insert the words "IF PROVEN".

[Constitutional_Republican]

Wow. He seemed to have a very clear understanding of the issues surrounding the Israel/Palestine issue. I realized that Arafat's chances are past.

[skeeter]

I hope you're surviving the morning after, Knighthawk. After yesterday's victory you owe yourself a Amstel(light).

[TopQuark]

I am proud to have voted for Pim Fortuyn!

Looks like it helped! As I understand the results, the party still got quite a number of seats. It will be able to influence the life of the country.

Congratulations on this victory! It is sad, of course, that it comes at a great cost. It would be bigger, too, if Fortuyn were still with us.

[segis]

I would vote for him too.

[Free Trapper]

Thanks for the ping.We all have to stand together against the left and the more knowledge we have,the better we fight them.

Also,you have my gratitude for teaching me what nerts are.HeHe.;o)

[MeekOneGOP]

Excellent article, FRiend. Pim Fortuyn was right on
track regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation!

[knighthawk]

A course Dutch. Let's do part 2.

Ik moet kotsen als ik naar de linkse media kijk, de rode omroep doet er alles aan om de mensen te overtuigen dat Lijst Pim Fortuyn het slecht gaat doen in de regering.

The leftist media makes me barf when I watch it, the red network does everything to convince people that the List Pim Fortuyn is going to it badly in the government.

[knighthawk]

I did not agree with everything he wanted to do, but his stand on Israel is also mine and he had the lone courage in The Hague (where the government is) to say it out loud.