Netherlands: Gov't Funded Website Gloats Over Death of Dutch Soldiers....
Multiculturalism at its finest....
Via: Islam in Europe
A number of reactions to the death of two Dutch soldiers in Uruzgan (Afghanistan) on the forum of website marokko.nl had been removed. An unknown number of users were banned, said one of the forum founders.
Messages such as "Allahu akbar! two violent criminals gotten rid of that have so many rapes on their names and civilian murders" or "thanks to this topic I can sleep better. Allahu Akbar! Wonderful news!". Various users on the forum opposed the senders of these messages.
"We remove reactions that conflict with the law," says Khalid Mahdaoui. "But a statement may be ethically irresponsible. We think that people should be able to react to it. We want to offer youth a podium. The power of the argument matters."
Earlier on Monday the PVV (Party of Freedom) demanded that the minister of culture Ronald Plasterk cancel the subsidy to the site. Geert Wilders' party says that this is the last straw and that the reactions were removed but only after being displayed for hours.
Marokko.nl gets a 135,000 euro subsidy for encouraging the press. The PVV had complained about the forum in the past and were told by Plasterk that the subsidy was given to the news section of the site and not to the forum itself. PVV claims the forum also started off the row about the exhibition of Sooreh Hera in the Hague Museum
ZIP
It really is amazing how government officials always manage to piss away tax money on the craziest things. My reading of sites such as these shows that this problem is not unique to the US-the entire world seems afflicted with such crappy politicians and bureaucrats. I don't know if I should find comfort in that fact or really start worrying.
Posted by: Poopyhead | January 15, 2008 at 08:03 PM
I love this stuff. Even though im in prison.
Posted by: big daddy | November 12, 2008 at 01:03 PM
IM IN PRISON
Posted by: big daddy | November 12, 2008 at 01:09 PM