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Why Fortuyn Struck A Chord

There's an interesting thread over at Free Republic, ostensibly posted by a Freeper in the Netherlands, about a group grope in a public swimming pool. The original article is in Dutch, which, while my sister lives near Hilversum, is not a language that I can translate confidently. But it's there for those who want to see the original. The commentary itself is interesting.

An excerpt from the English translation provided by the poster:

The direction of 'De Tongelreep' took stringent precautions five years ago after especially boys from immigrant descent regularly sexually assaulted girls. Most perpetrators have to undergo therapy and learn how to adapt to Dutch moral standards.

Also all other swimming pools in the Netherlands seem to have these kind of problems. "Some guests have to learn to keep their fingers to themselves, not to touch the girls. We do not tolerate this behavior", says Heesterbeek.

"...learn how to adapt to Dutch moral standards..." How quaint. I guess that means, among other things, to respect women, which is something that they've had a rough time getting their Islamic immigrants to accept. "Immigrant" in this case, I think we can safely assume, is code for "Muslim immigrant."

One person is claiming that the saying over there now is "the bullet came from the left."

Posted by Rand Simberg at May 21, 2002 04:32 PM
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You know things have got bad when the Dutch (how laid back are these people!?) are talking like this.

Integration needs cooperation from both sides. It seems the Democracies of the EU have been doing a little too much 'cooperation' lately.

Posted by Tone at May 25, 2002 01:32 PM


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