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Tuesday 10 June 2008

The tolerant Amsterdammers

I love Amsterdam, it is a beautiful city and myself and Mrs NotaSheep can wander through the Jordan and along Prinsengracht, Herengracht and Keizersgracht stopping only to look in art galleries and drink the occasional chocolat mit schlag. So when I read read this I was shocked:

"Amsterdam – On Queen’s Day [national holiday, birthday of the late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands], in a side street of Rembrandt Square, a gay fashion show was severely disrupted. The model was dragged down from the catwalk by ten young guys.

The homosexual model Mike du Pree was dragged down from the catwalk by ten young guys. When he wanted to defend himself he got hit several times. A bystander stood up for the victim and a fight evolved. The show was organized precisely to promote tolerance towards homosexuals.

Before things got out of hand, the atmosphere was already tense. The public made comments about the outfits and a couple of models were insulted. The attack on Du Pree was the worst moment. ‘Mike got dragged down by his arm”, says the organizer Jennifer Delano. ‘They pinched him, he defended himself and then the guys of immigrant background started to hit him”. According to her it was a group of ten young guys of Muslim background. The fight didn’t last long, but the police was too late.

Delano doesn’t know yet whether she will organize a fashion show for tolerance ever again. ‘I first need to recover from what happened’, the initiator says. According to her ‘Amsterdam is no longer a tolerant city’. She will officially report the incident to the police and she considers to take legal action against the perpetrators. They are still free to roam.

May 1, 2008. Gay Krant [Gay Newspaper]"



You may not be surprised to learn that the ten attackers were Muslim immigrants.

I further read that:

"Geert Wilders and Martin Bosma, Members of Parliament of PVV (Partij van de Vrijheid/Party of Freedom) have asked questions in Parliament to Secretary of Gay Emancipation Plasterk. PVV gay issues spokesman Martin Bosma: ‘This shows how stong the Islamic gaybashers feel they are. Even at daylight, on Queen’s Day, in the heart of Amsterdam, they strike. Only the hardest measures could turn this sick trend. The words of Laborparty city council member Mahrach this week showed as well how normal it starts to be to see gays as second rate citizens. She argues that homosexual behavior is forbidden. I can’t understand that the Laborparty can sink so low and has these kind of people represent them in the city council. Ms. Mahrach doesn’t share our norms and values. It would be better if she would voluntarily leave our country. Now she is only contributing to a climate that is directed against gays. The Dutch nationality of the gaybashers of Rembrandt Square should immediately be taken from them and they should be expelled from the country today. The Netherlands can show no mercy for these people who damage our society in this way. Either they will win, or we will win”"



When the tolerance of Amsterdammers extends to allowing a gay model to be beaten up by "Islamic gaybashers" then I begin to wonder what the future holds.

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