Posted on 10/29/2005 10:52:41 AM PDT by cloud8
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's history of linguistic bickering between Flemings and Walloons entered a new phase this week when police arrested a Flemish woman for calling her Walloon husband lazy, Belgian media said Thursday.
The 48-year-old husband filed a complaint for racism against his spouse for scratching him and calling him "a lazy Walloon, a slave and an inferior creature," De Standaard daily said.
The 47-year-old woman will appear before a magistrate later Thursday to face charges of racism, the newspaper said.
Dutch-speaking Flemings and French-speaking Walloons are not only linguistically divided but also split socio-economically between a prosperous Flanders and a poorer Wallonia.
Can't we all just get along? ;)
And to think that World War I was fought because the Germans wanted to pass through Belgium without permission. Millions killed, to uphold the sacred principle of Belgian neutrality.
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