Palaver & Blather

And what did that tolerance earn for them?

Immigration minister, Rita Verdonk, said Van Gogh's murder "raises doubts, doubts about whether we have been too lax. Natives and immigrants in the Netherlands cannot look away and excuse radicalism, but must reject it and act against it."

She added: "The suspect carried documents on him that show clearly he was driven by the same evil power that was behind the attacks on New York and Madrid: the all-destroying hatred of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism."

 Hague gun siege 

Violence in Holland 

 Terror Plagues Tranquil Holland

 "Extremism is reaching the roots of our democracy," Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende warned Parliament on Wednesday.

A tradition of ethnic and religious harmony, a well-known tolerance for marijuana use and avant-garde policies on euthanasia and alternative medicine have made the Netherlands synonymous for many people with broad mindedness.

Dutch Anger Towards Muslims
Europe glimpses it's future.

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• #1 Comment from republicanjen 
  11/11/04 11:01 PM | Permalink

  I know, it's just awful.  I sure hope that we never get to that point.