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Thanks for this overview diary. I was living in Amsterdam in 2001 and a lot of the Fortuyn issues were rumbling in the press, but I had left before his stunning success in 2002.

I lost track of things after his death and the election and I look forward very much to your diary about the upcoming elections.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Nov 18th, 2005 at 01:30:55 PM EST
Well, let me tell you that things were worse and are better now but are probably going south because of (see Metatone) it. Six months ago I had a few drinks with that Dutch Member of the European Parliament in a a pub near Matonge who told me that he/she had been well determined and prepared to go underground before the Fortuyn killing happened and that the killing of Fortuyn stopped him/her from taking up arms against the government. Heavy stuff. Good drinks.

"The USA appears destined by fate to plague America with misery in the name of liberty." Simon Bolivar, Caracas, 1819
by Ritter on Fri Nov 18th, 2005 at 05:43:07 PM EST
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