Silent killers

The last words of Theo van Gogh were allegedly: 'Don't do it, have mercy.' Other accounts state that he wanted to talk with Mohamed B., even though he'd been shot at already. I tend to believe this, and I think it's typical of this country.
Dutch people have one thing in common: they really like to talk. A survey once showed that we have more personal websites per capita than any other country, including the USA. We may not know anything about a certain subject, but we reserve the right to spout our opinions about it anyway. An acquaintance of mine said: 'I don't understand why Van Gogh was killed. We were just talking.'
The Netherlands is slowly waking up to the realization that perhaps not everyone wants to talk.

Update 10.34: so of course our queen to be, princess Maxima, thinks there should be more dialogue. I know talking to yourself is often the only way to have a truly intelligent conversation, but can we please have a republic now?

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