Hirsi Ali

Een grote foto om het goed te maken. Ik heb lelijk over haar gedaan en kreeg van Soedish op mijn kop. Voorspelbaar. Genoemde collega was wel zo aardig om me vanavond te attenderen op een zeer goed artikel in 'The Washington Post' waarin met ons kikkerlandje de vloer wordt aangeveegd: "Unlike the British, who have gotten used to the idea that faraway events can affect them, the Dutch, at least in this century, are more insular."
Hoe oneens ik het ook ben met onze vriendin, wat er met haar gebeurt is schandalig. Ze moeten met hun rotpoten van onze rothirsi afblijven! En we staan er mooi gekleurd op: "Fortunately, Hirsi Ali is already back in the United States, under professional, full-time, well-resourced and for the moment privately organized protection. But this week, the Dutch parliament is due to debate her status once again. And once again, the Dutch will be confronted with the facts that Hirsi Ali remains a Dutch citizen; that the threat to her life comes at least in part from groups based in Holland; that she lives abroad because the Dutch political situation forced her to; and that when she speaks out, she does so in defense of what she believes to be Dutch values.
Whether or not the Dutch like it -- and I'm sure most of them don't -- revoking her police protection will send a clear message to the world: that the Dutch are no longer willing to protect their own traditions of free speech. Resources will be found, and she will recover. But will Holland?"