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The Dutch like to think of themselves as an exceptionally, even uniquely, tolerant people. The precedent is often cited as Amsterdam’s reception of refugees fleeing religious persecution in the 17th century, although London too hosted Huguenots and Jews, in perhaps greater numbers than Amsterdam. And to the outsider today, the Netherlands is not obviously more Continue reading The limits of tolerance “Dinner time! All hands on deck! Chop chop! Set the table! Put out that fire … And get off the damn computer!” 6 pm rush hour chez les Bacon. After my eldest daughter has logged out of her favourite social networking site, the Dutch faceoff of Facebook, Hyves, a graphic appears showing the most discussed Continue reading Sure ’nuff ‘n’ yes I do News just in: seven out of ten Dutch people have participated in a poll about Geert Wilders. Whatever issue Wilders addresses becomes the discussion of the day, and in such a way that Wilders himself becomes the issue once again. I’m not usually one for conspiracy theories, but I read somewhere that someone’s brother-in-law overheard Continue reading Thanks a lot, Voltaire Keep those wagons rollin’ … Life is rollin’ on chez les Bacon — school’s almost out for summer, my contract at the university has been extended for another year, baby Didi is up and walking, and we interviewed a woman last night to come help clean for us, which of course meant we spent a Continue reading Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ The northern province of Friesland is considered to be on the outer fringes of the Netherlands, with its own language, cows, and … weirdness. Proof of just how weird was the following news story from last night: In the village of Minnertsga, the body of a man who died four years ago has been found Continue reading Family lives 4 years with dead brother |
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