Dan Minette wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 3:51 PM > Subject: What do you mean Dutch intolerance? > > > Dan Minette schreef: > > > > > As for the reason, you live in a country where, for the most part, > Jewish > > > people are afraid to live. There use to be a flourishing Jewish > community, > > > which has shrunk to near zero. > > > > The Dutch society is one of the most tolerant and open in the world. > > OK, let me ask a couple of questions then. Maybe there are aspects of the > Dutch culture that I don't understand. > > The Neatherlands is about 8% ethnic Turks by population. > > What fraction of them are citizens? > > What governmental leadership offices have they held? For example, even > though there is still racism in the US, most of the largest cities in the US > have had black mayors. Although blacks are a minority in Houston (about 35% > IIRC), the present mayor is black, and just beat a Hispanic to win a third > term in office.
You can't draw a direct causal relationship between lack of governmental representation and racism - its a red herring. > How do Jewish people get special treatment in the United States. Yet, if > you look, the US has more Jewish people than does Israel. Legally they don't - nor do Cuban refugees, rich white oil men from Texas, or Hollywood stars. -j- -- "O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend, The brightest heaven of invention!"
