This morning we watched a TV show about emigration. There was a panel of ‘experts’ and one of them basically said emigration is a negative thing. “Instead of fleeing for your problems you should stay here and help Holland make a better place.”
No thank you. People that come forth, trying to change this country for the better, risk getting killed (Pim Fortuyn, Theo van Gogh, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Geert Wilders). Only people striving for status quo are welcome here. Please don’t do anything out of the ordinary. (Doe maar gewoon dan doe je al gek genoeg.) And why let my thinking be limited to this little country? Why not try make the world a better place instead of just Holland. When we move to the US and stay long enough to be given the right to vote, we can influence American politics. And on a global scale, what country has more impact?
The only way your going to be given the right to vote is if you naturalize to a U.S. citizen; if you're not married to a U.S. citizen at this time, you will probably lose your Dutch citizenship (Dutch laws, not U.S.).
Who were these so called experts, anyway?
mazel tov
xerxes
As a fresh US citizen (still enough Dutch) I did NOT vote for Bu$h, it did not help this time :(
Did I tell you we have a usa-dutch visa and general forum on Http://usadutch.com ?.
see you around.
Klaas.
Just arrived in the USA... Holland is great, so are the USA.. You will find to respect both countries in their own specific way! And you will also find out that not everything is great in the USA either! So: YOU AINT MUCH IF YOU AINT DUTCH!!!!! and visit my site: www.netherlandsusa.com
Bart