Posted on 09/23/2007 5:10:02 PM PDT by Pikamax
AMSTERDAM, 22/09/07 - The Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) says the Dutch must adapt themselves more to Islam. It also advises the elimination of the word 'allochtoon', the most common term used to describe residents with a foreign background.
The WRR itself thought up the word allochtoon in 1989. In a report at the time it was suggested this neutral-sounding word was less stigmatising than, for example, immigrant or foreigner. The WRR advice was successful; today, media, schools and politicians all use allochtoon.
Now the WRR however advises using the word allochtoon as little as possible. The word "is no longer neutral" and is stigmatising, the Council says in a report to appear Monday under the title Identification with the Netherlands.
The WRR also considers the Dutch must be prepared to adapt their standards to that of newcomers, for example in the area of religion and sexuality. Tolerance for Islam is too low and question marks on the sexualisation of Dutch society are justified, in its view.
In the report, the WRR also says that the integration debate is not helped by the fixation on the concept of 'national identity'. The report says that there is nothing wrong with the dual nationality held by most immigrants in the Netherlands.
The WRR already produced a controversial report last year (Dynamics in Islamic activism) when it complained that many Dutch politicians are involved in "Islam-bashing" and urged dialogue with "moderate movements such as Hamas." Christian democratic (CDA) MP Maxime Verhagen, now Foreign Minister, at the time termed the report unscientific and "sloppy rubbish". But in a recent debate, the present CDA-led government called the report valuable.
According to newspaper Volkskrant, the WRR will also advise on Monday that primary schools should be encouraged to have ethnically mixed pupil populations. They should be given the statutory commission to create a 'link' between population groups, said WRR member and Labour (PvdA) Upper House member Pauline Meurs in the newspaper Friday.
Interesting. Kind of like the shift from the word “liberal” to the word “progressive.” Until that word takes on the same connotations as “liberal” has now, of course. Then we’ll need another new one.
The word "is no longer neutral" and is stigmatising,
Of course.
No matter what you call a problem it remains a problem -- and the name for the problem will come to reflect what it identifies.
“Dutch should adapt more to muslims”
READ: Dutch should become muslims or be ready to be killed.
Amzing, isn’t it?
Why the heck don’t they stand up for themselves?
Are they ashamed to be Dutch????
Adapt to Muslims? I thought that Muslims were just like you and me.
Why not? If every Dutchman carried a sword and was allowed to hack off the head of any Mohammedan he came into contact with, the Netherlands would be a much safer place for the Dutch.
Does this mean no more Heineken?
Step number one: Do away with the WRR.
Step number two: Do ...
Too Funny, oh yes let the Dutch become much more accepting of Islam, and when they have any strength at all, they will promptly start killing everyone who doesn’t agree with them.
These people really shock me..
Err...dude.....gay marriage and fundamental Islam will not mix, and yet you wish to try, should be fun....can we say Allah Akbar?
The whole world is nuts!
LOL!!
Howdy!
This bit is from last yr. report. Disarmed and defenseless, the Dutch trudge on to dhimmitude.
There, fixed it.
Oh, and, yeah, F**K that ! The Nazi pigs can rot in hell.
Real toons.
Why don’t the dopes just surrender.These Islamics should be forced to adapt to their new countries laws and social Mores. Not the other way around.
Why not? If every Dutchman carried a sword and was allowed to hack off the head of any Mohammedan he came into contact with, the Netherlands would be a much safer place for the Dutch.
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no because the dutch would think the sword is just a kinky sex toy
In other words, submit to it.
As I've said many times here, at some point in this century, we are going to have to save Europe from itself. Again. Whether we want to or not.
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