Subject: Re: the bloodthirsty dutch
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 05:59:23 -0700



Jack wrote:
> > hey sprout -  any poop on the pol who got popped?
>
> It has been one hell of a weird week here in Holland. Actually,
> it's been a weird half year culminating in last week. Actually,
> who knows what this week is going to bring, so "culminating" may
> have to be revised later.
>

hey jack - nice to see you're still lurking.

yeah, looks like post-modernity is breaking out all over.  this story
has gotten pretty strange press over here.  a bit too complex for our
political palette i suspect.


>
> So here we are in Holland with a big sore suddenly burst open:
> 20% of the population wants to get rid of another 10%. And there
> doesn't appear to be anybody (whether party-political or not)
> who can start the process of getting out of this mess.
>

sounds like my neighborhood.  as you said, i shed few tears for the
politician (though i'm personally opposed to assassination as a
general rule of thumb.  wimpy of me, but there you are), but he did
say some pretty provocative stuff.  euope's engagement (intellectual,
cultural, economic) with it's non-christian (or more frightening,
non-secular), non-white, non-conforming residents seems to be evolving
quite quickly.  i suspect it's something of a dilemma.

roger