> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 00:04 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: What do you mean Dutch intolerance?
> > 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? Almost all of them. Many came here in the 1970s to do the work we did not want to do. They stayed and build up a life here. There offspring was born here (three or four generations by now, IIRC), and therefore automatically received Dutch citizenship. BTW, there is not much difference between people with the Dutch nationality and people with an other nationality. They all have the same rights and have to obey the same laws. The only difference I can think of is that citizens with a non-Dutch nationality are not allowed to vote in national elections (but they are allowed to vote in local and provincial elections). > >Being f.i. Jewish won't get you into deadly trouble but it won�t get > >you any special treatment either. The average Dutch citizen doesn't > >care all that much. > > How do Jewish people get special treatment in the United States. Sonja did not say they *get* special treatment in the US. However, given the way some Americans respond to criticism of Israel, it sometimes seems like Jews in the US are a group with special priviliges. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://go.to/brin-l Tom's Photo Gallery: http://www.tom.vanbaardwijk.com
