Oct 27 2007
Archive for October, 2007
Oct 18 2007
Hirsi Ali Offered a Safe Haven in Denmark
It is good to see that Denmark is offering Hirsi Ali a safe haven to stay (link). Criticism that the Dutch government is failing in this area is not completely fair and correct.
Hirsi Ali was protected in the Netherlands during the time she was receiving threads and would she have remained in nthe Netherlands she [...]
Oct 09 2007
Two blunders of the Dutch government
In the past couple of weeks the Dutch government, lead by Balkenende, has made some blunders. First they let the Dutch princess Maxima make an highly controversial remark about the absence of a Dutch identity. Secondly, the moment that Hirsi Ali shows her face in the Netherlands she is being told that she could better [...]
Oct 05 2007
Does anybody understand the value-add or the business plan of Twitter?
I don’t, I think I’ll give it another 12 months before desolves into thin or something else.
Oct 03 2007
Dutch Identity
The WRR (Scientific Council for Government Policy) recently presented the result of a study about the Dutch Identity. The report, entitled “Identification with the Netherlands”, was presented to the public by princess Maxima, the wife of the Dutch crown prince. Central point in her speech was the conclusion that “the typical Dutch identity” does not [...]