"rick etter" wrote in message link.net...
"Wilko" wrote in message
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Larry Cable wrote:

Any yet the CIA Fact Book doesn't paint a better picture of the
Netherlands.

Nah, it also used to paint a picture of the Netherlands being run by drug
lords. That "fact" was even carried along by a high ranking general on one
of his tours to try to intimidate the Dutch government. He was ashamed to
find out that those facts were not.

Yeah, let's take a look at those peace loving open armed people, eh?

Who stated that that Dutch were peace loving and open armed? I
didn't... Those are your words!

Muslims kill one guy, and you go on rampages buring down schools, churches.

"You"? Mind being more specific about that "you" part? I didn't kill
anyone and I didn't go on any rampage.

As for going on a rampage, did you even bother to read about what has
really been going on in the Netherlands these last couple of weeks or
do you only read the headlines and form a biased conclusion from that
alone?

It so happens that a couple of morons abused this incident to get
their ten minutes of headline news. The people caught so far for
trying to burn down a school or a mosque (and it's not like all the
mosques are under attack, a couple of incidents have happened, which
in itself is something very strange to happen, by Dutch standards)
were either drunk adults or kids.

Seems strange that when 3000 people were killed here that us hateful,
bigotted people didn't go on a rampage to match yours. ummm.

Now you definately show how ill-informed you are.

Unlike the Dutch government, who tries to keep things from escalating,
trying to bridge the gap between native Dutch and those Dutch of Arab
or muslim heritage, the U.S. government issued laws that have made
life for people of Arab descent within the U.S. difficult.

http://racerelations.about.com/libra...nniversary.htm

There also was a wave of hate crimes and outright discrimination
committed against Arab and muslim targets inside the U.S. after 9/11,
one which makes our limited amount of incidents pale in comparison:

"The Anti-Defamation League, (ADL) dedicated to combating
anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry, gave this response shortly
after the terrorist attacks on 9-11. "We are disturbed that a number
of Arab Americans and Islamic institutions have been targets of anger
and hatred in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. At this time of
profound anger and anxiety, no group in this country should be singled
out for hatred, prejudice or blame based on their ethnicity or
religion. Threats, harassment or acts of hate-motivated violence
against members of a group are un-American and must be forcefully
condemned. In laying blame on an entire people, we undermine our
nation's core values of equality and respect for the individual.""

On top of that, the U.S. government does everything it can to escalate
things, even going to war with two nations, killing off tens if not
hundreds of thousands of people in countries that had very little, if
nothing, to do with that terrorist attack. Now that I do call going on
a rampage!

The U.S. popular sentiment of wanting to exact revenge sure has helped
the terrorists, who couldn't have dreamt for such an outrageous
display of blind anger on the part of the U.S.. Bush his actions have
brought more funds, sympathisers and "martyrs" into the hands of the
terrorists than they could have ever managed to gather themselves.

You can definately call yourself hateful and bigoted without even
exagerrating or lying. :-(

Wilko

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