Monday, December 13, 2004

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Hello, I found your site shortly after the Van Gogh assassination. Quite enjoyable, I must say. I'm writing to ask about a Telegraph article I'm reading. It states that the Dutch are beginning to leave - in droves. Is this news to you?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/11/wneth111.xml

Here's the last bit of the article.

>>Europe's leader for much of the last century in social experiments, Holland may now be pointing to the next cultural revolution: bourgeois exodus.

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Pamela

grayp (ip:4.249.69.250) 13 December 2004 - 15:58 uur

Thanks for your response. The Telegraph article is rather suggestive. Further on in the article, the journalist writes: 'Many retiring workers are moving to the south of France.' This probably accounts for a large percentage of immigration, as the Netherlands is slowly ageing (as are many other European countries). Nevertheless, there may be an increase in 'real immigration' as well, though I doubt it's as dramatic as the writer suggests. I remember reading it some time ago. There are more inaccuracies in the article. For example, the journalist writes: 'A shrill provocateur, Mr van Gogh was not to everybody's taste. He once filmed kittens being mangled to death in a washing machine, which he thought was hilarious.' Which simply isn't true. Van Gogh criticized animal abuse in that movie. In his columns, Van Gogh often made snide remarks about cowards who take out their frustration on animals.

Arjan Dasselaar (ip:82.161.93.35) 13 December 2004 - 16:32 uur

I'm hoping the film will see English-language release. Particularly given van Gogh's posthumous worldwide notoriety, I'm guessing this film will go international.

Flammable Materials (ip:65.7.232.215) 13 December 2004 - 5:31 uur

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