These political murders certainly were shocking, this had never happened in Holland adn now twice in such a short time span.michduncg wrote:Certainly the death of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh shocked me in what is normally a very tolerant society.
The truth is that it is a very vocal minority that claims to represent the truth of Islam, which is not the case in the majority. The most horrific thing is that this is nothing new - it has happened many times in history.michduncg wrote: I don't mind accepting anybody into our society as long as they respect our rights and views, and our liberty. I think that is everyones concern. When John Reid appeared in Londons East End last week to talk to a group of Muslims, some of them reportedly asked how dare he come and talk to them in their mosque about issues of Islam.
This was a very ground breaking series and very un-American, they could use something like this now set in Iraq!michduncg wrote: Diahann Carroll - another link to my Saudi Arabia childhood - which I don't usually mention lol. We used to get a show called 'Julia' - she was a single black mother - her husband had been killed in Vietnam.
I do believe that the line-up has changed and that only one original member was still in the group, but they did perform live up to a couple of years ago. Remember 'Pussycat' they were Dutch too.michduncg wrote: Wow - Teach in still going strong! I can't believe that
