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uncle arnie wrote in message ...
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 03:33 pm, bpnjensen posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM Speaking of RN, it has been fascinating the last week or so since iconoclast and outspoken critic Theo Van Gogh was assassinated by an Islamist extremist, to hear what the RN programmers have been saying about the event and what it means for Holland. Sounds like they are beginning to seriously thrash around with the nasty immigration and cultural issues that have been plaguing the U.S. for the last three years. Hopefully, RN will keep at this for some time longer - to help us see where they go with it, and help the few Yanks that listen to reflect on our own last three years and what the future holds. Please keep listening, you are actually quite wrong about Holland following the USA on immigration. It is the other way around, the USA is following them and most of Europe. A a former colonial power, immigration has been a big issue for the Netherlands for at least 40-50 years. Lots of immigrants from places like Surinam, Curacao and Indonesia. Places that were Dutch colonies. The proportion of recent immigrants approaches 40% in some communities (by recent, I mean foreign born). Most of Europe is like this now - birth rate is low, only way to keep up the population is immigration. Hence the issues with support for both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict for example. Well, that's not exactly what I said, and I'm not really talking about that bigger picture anyway. The last three years have seen a shift in thinking about how everybody gets along with their fellow earthlings, with a soft focus on whether the Muslims can actually do this at all. The assassin did not help his cause in Europe by murdering Van Gogh if it is going to make Holland a place of major concern over the presence of Muslims. I believe that this is a step beyond what you have described here, and more focussed than before...Surinam and Curacao probably never brought the threat of revolutionary terrorism home to Holland like this one does. That's all for me - I'll keep listening. Bruce Jensen |
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