Tu_triky wrote:
ING - International Netherlands Group
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Started by krim · 16 Jun 2006 · 57 replies
Tu_triky wrote:
ING - International Netherlands Group
Terryb wrote:I'm asian myself, i've never ever been discriminated whatsoever. Probably because I'm mean? :hehe: but I was born here.
Fatwa, is only used by muslims. So I take he ran into the wrong people. As for dutch being racsists? totally not true.
among the local dutch (white folks), there seems to be a "hate" towards muslims since 9-11, and the assassination of that dutch director by this muslim extremist didn't really help either. So the majority of people seem to have this prejudice towards Muslims (muslims here are usually people from Morroco)
Asians are pretty much the most accepted 'ethnicity' here in Holland (compared to black people or muslims). they always work hard, don't hang around on streets and never cause trouble.
As for americans, we surely don't agree with Bush, but that doesn't mean we pick on tourists. I really wonder where your friend went to.
I've never been to Spain, but IMO the french are racists, especially when you talk english to them - they just refuse to speak english and pretend you're from another planet.
Terryb wrote:Oh btw, I work at ING myself haha - no kidding :hehe:
as for orange, it's the royal dutch family name so that's why. I think it's neat, it's easy recognizable. Not that I would wear anything orange :beaten:
but for boycotting Heineken because it's dutch... that's like those war veterans who refuse to drive a japanese car (yes you got those people over here) or use any japanese electronics :shakehead:
Terryb wrote:The dutch had some colonies (like indonesia?) and lots of dutch there got killed by the japanese, or taken as prisoners. Pretty weird huh?
like those war veterans who refuse to drive a japanese carDon't they get tired having to walk everywhere? :hehe: [/list:u]
gaijin mark wrote:Terryb wrote:like those war veterans who refuse to drive a japanese carDon't they get tired having to walk everywhere? :hehe: [/list:u]
Terryb wrote:I'm asian myself, i've never ever been discriminated whatsoever. Probably because I'm mean? :hehe: but I was born here.
Fatwa, is only used by muslims. So I take he ran into the wrong people. As for dutch being racsists? totally not true.
among the local dutch (white folks), there seems to be a "hate" towards muslims since 9-11, and the assassination of that dutch director by this muslim extremist didn't really help either. So the majority of people seem to have this prejudice towards Muslims (muslims here are usually people from Morroco)
Asians are pretty much the most accepted 'ethnicity' here in Holland (compared to black people or muslims). they always work hard, don't hang around on streets and never cause trouble.
As for americans, we surely don't agree with Bush, but that doesn't mean we pick on tourists. I really wonder where your friend went to.
I've never been to Spain, but IMO the french are racists, especially when you talk english to them - they just refuse to speak english and pretend you're from another planet.
krim wrote:
I'm not sure exactly where he went, but I know he took the euro rail from france to rotterdam then to amsterdam, i think he got on the flight there too.
As for going to the wrong places, im pretty sure he went to all the touristy places, the hash bars the museums, cathedrals, etc.
... he can be a little aggressive (esp when drunk), but only when he's with us.. the wife keeps him well in line, and wouldn't endanger her by causing trouble, esp on their honeymoon.
So i realize that it's a biased opinion, and only having 20 minutes to talk about a 3 week trip wasn't much. It sounded pretty crazy that it would be like that, which is why i had to ask about it.
krim wrote:he did run into a few nazi's actually, he told me about them too. :beaten:
krim wrote:*thinks about a scene from Road Trip*
:rofl: :rofl:
ahhh.... :sweat:
good times.
krim wrote:%...
red red wiiiiinnne...
Goes to my hheeeaaaaaadddddd....
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Terryb wrote:Ah, I guess he took the Thalys to Amsterdam. but really Amsterdam is such a friendly tourists town. (50% people on the streets are tourists I think) I guess he was really unlucky or provoking himself (was he running around with American flag? :hehe:.
I used to live in Amsterdam, never ever had problems with racism whatsoever.The only tourists I hate are those drunk brits. I've never ran into nazis in public either...
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