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Originally posted by johnny:
The way i see the whole Van Gogh issue is, that if you keep insulting a certain group of people long enough, and i do mean insult them to the bone time and time again, sooner or later someone of that group will bite a chunk out your ass, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a fundamentalist nutjob.
I'm not saying Van Gogh brought it on himself, but he could have expected something like that to happen, the man didn't know when to stop.
It's undeniable though, that something is very rotten overhere right now. I mean with the deathlist and all. Hirsi Ali, Wilders, Cohen, and even Balkenende can't go in public without an army of bodyguards anymore, and that's something we're not quite used to.
And what the hell did Balkenende ever do wrong to be placed on a deathlist ? Balkenende of all people....please. He's a man you want to pet on the head, buy him an icecream or a lollypop or something, but not kill him. That's just sick.
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Keep your sick fantasies about JP de MP to yourself please.
I agree with your post fully, especially with the part that Van Gogh dit NOT bring this on himself. It is sickening to think there are people who consider the act justified, because it entails you can be punished for having thoughts and opinions.
I also agree, however, that what happened was not a big surprise. You put it well - to harass, insult to the bone and hurt a group of people consistently, loudly and repeatedly is not a wise course of action. Let's be frank, the guy was a complete and utter prick in that way. Of course he didn't deserve it, of course the reaction was wrong. But it was not unprovoked.