Wednesday, June 18, 2003

I MAY BE ABOUT TO OFFEND SOME BELGIANS

Ryan has accused the Belgian Prime Minister of looking like a child molester. Well, he is plug ugly.

More about Belgium.

Belgium: (one of) the home(s) of the European Union.

Belgium: home of two de facto separate political systems. There are separate political parties for French speaking Wallonia and Dutch speaking Flanders.

Flanders: Home to the racist Vlaams Blok, who make Pim Fortuyn look like a screaming liberal. (Wallonia has its own version called the National Front - er, where have I heard that before.)

"Foreign journalists rarely understand Dutch: they get their information mostly from the Francophone Belgian media which tend to be hostile towards Flanders and the Flemish."

"Neutralize the demographic time bomb through pro family and pro child policies...repatriation of criminal foreigners...Conduct a humane (sic) policy of return."

"The Vlaams Blok is a social party par excellence", says Frank Vanhecke, Chairman of the Vlaams Blok.

"We respect foreigners who live in our country legally and who make an effort to adjust as guests here." My emphasis. In other words: foreigners (i.e. dark skinned people) are second class "citizens".

Belgium: birthplace of seemingly a dozen van der Elsts who played for West Ham.

Did you know Audrey Hepburn was Belgian?

Can you name 99 other famous Belgians?

:: Posted by pete @ 13:18