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Europe's Champion of Liberty
in response to reader comment: Excellent commentary on Dutch political life

Submitted by p.vanderveld, Sep 5, 2007 07:26

Every group of people, nation or other, needs black sheep to keep the rest of the herd at attention. Without Pim Fortuyn, Geert Wilders, Hirschi Aly, Theo van Gogh and such we would fall asleep. They keep us wide awake. You don't have to agree with their views but we live in a free world and I think it is artly because of bell ringers like them. And as everybody knows, a bell ringer is an unwelcome guest. Long live the bell ringers.

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Every group of people, nation or other, needs black sheep to keep the rest of the herd at attention. Without...

p.vanderveld

Sep 5, 2007 07:26

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