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I just found this rather disturbing quote when reading an article on the growing Dutch migration to Sweden.

I've never studied Dutch so this translation is bound to be a bit crude.

   


   
   
   
Van de 1.069 ondervraagden noemt 56 procent de islam een bedreiging voor de Nederlandse identiteit en 57 procent vindt het toelaten van grote groepen immigranten de grootste vergissing uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis.Of the 1.069 surveyed 56 percent felt islam was a threat to Dutch identity and 57 percent felt and that the admission of large numbers of immigrants was the biggest mistake in the history of the Netherlands.

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by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 05:36:18 PM EST
The first statistic (Islam) I don't know about, but I can confirm that the second is widespread. And was already widespread from at least the second half of the 1990s.

It will differ, though, depending on which group you ask about. And the funny thing is that the groups people are most concerned about were not 'admitted' to the Netherlands, but recruited on a large scale to come work there in the 60s and 70s.

People don't like to be reminded of that, because it implies a responsibility they need to avoid, psychologically, if they want to blame their nation's problems on these 'immigrants'.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 06:08:49 PM EST
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the funny thing is that the groups people are most concerned about were not 'admitted' to the Netherlands, but recruited on a large scale to come work there in the 60s and 70s.

People don't like to be reminded of that


I note that the article also states that a test on history was done as part of the interviews, and the average score was 5.2.

In the Netherlands, we use a scale of 10, 10 being flawless, and 6 needed for a pass.

So this is not all too surprising.

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Once again this proves the enormous diversity of the Netherlands! One moment we have you fooled, thinking we are all open and liberal, only to turn around with a breathtaking display of insecure provincial smallmindedness. Bleh.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 06:19:38 PM EST
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Well, at least you're exporting some of the assholes.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 06:20:39 PM EST
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Don't know if it's the assholes we're exporting. Starvid said he found the quote in the context of a report on Dutch people moving to Sweden, but the percentages are from a national poll.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 07:06:49 PM EST
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