Pim Fortuyn shot dead

[Robert Jan]

you probably dont know him but he was an upcoming politician in holland the elections are may 15th and he was doing well in the polls.

he was a controversial politician because he stated he did not want anymore immigrants into our country and he had some quite radical solutions to some of our problems.
He was the one who opened up some very big dirty cans of worms, that imo needed cleaning but nobody dared touch them.

You have to understand, its different here from the us. in the us politicians all have a team of bodyguards and a bullet proof limo. here they just walk around like whatever and its gone ok forever that way until now.

Some of his theories and ideas seemed a bit over simplistic to me but he still appealed to me more than any of the other politicians.

I think this is sick cowardly offense to dignity, democracy human life and the entire country.

 

[Norman Bates]

As far as i know the Netherlands (holland? am i confusing something?) are doing better than the rest of Europe in unemployment and economical growth.
i don´t think i would elect someone who uses racial propaganda to replace the current one.

 

[WODIN]

Sad....tilting at windmills.

 

[Robert Jan]

"i don´t think i would elect someone who uses racial propaganda to replace the current one."

the man never actually made any racist comments

 

[Robert Jan]

he never sayd anything about other races- where does this idea even come from?

 

[Robert Jan]

the party has almost as many black and asian representatives as white

 

[Norman Bates]

he was a controversial politician because he stated he did not want anymore immigrants into our country and he had some

I meant that and used the wrong word. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Robert Jan]

o well honestly i dont really want to get into this again...
if your interested read here
http://www.wannabebigforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13555

 

[circusgirl]

Well I'm shocked that he was assassinated. (I used to live in Holland and it's a pretty peaceful place generally). Personally I thought he was a bit of an ass but that hardly carries the death penalty - if it did there'd be a lot of dead bodies around stinking up the streets, probably mine included....

circusgirl

 

[SAGAT]

robert jan: you're dutch too? *waar in nederland?* btw, it was quite tragic yeah