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This term is right out of the dictionary. It is said being an euphemism for abortion and it is a very difficult subject with numerous angles (religious, health, etc.) and very difficult to think, talk and write about….

I would rather write about gps and other nice toys, but I have been watching Belgian television this morning. This is easy, as we share the same language Dutch / Flemish.

There was a coverage about French women who are going to The Netherlands to have a termination of their pregnancy. Again on their way to The Netherlands, just like drug couriers.

Does this say something about MY country or, in this case, the stupidity of France?!

Is The Netherlands a country without laws and with stupid ideas on drugs, abortion, and so many other subjects? I don’t think so.

In The Netherlands we have quite liberal (as in: liberty) ideas about things. It doesn’t mean that there are no discussions about these important issues.

Abortion is not always the solution, but to condemn, and even sabotage (yes, with filmed and recorded proof!) the intensions of women who have probably a reason not to have a baby.

So women still have nog right to make their own descision, within medical ethics and the law, even in France!

Vive La France!

I plee not to give this guy a high level job anymore… Just like his chick…

Wolfie, Go Home!

Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant is asking an interesting question about the case of the missing 4-years old British girl, Madeleine, in Portugal.
I had been thinking about the same the last few days… I was afraid to be called insensitive. But my opinion is shared.

To my opinion this missing/kidnapping is a very sad and for all personal tragedy for the parents. But the Dutch media, following the really hysteric UK press, are making a real hype of it.

There are children missing in every country in Europe (just to take a geographic dividing line) every day and we don’t hear anything of it. But this news is BIG and everywhere!

The news came as the family and friends of Madeleine McCann launched a fund to help trace the four-year-old and bring her abductors to justice.

Unveiled at Leicester’s Walkers Stadium yesterday, Madeleine’s Fund is inviting people to make donations in person at their local bank, by post or via the internet to help pay for Maddie’s parents, Gerry and Kate, to stay in Portugal to continue their search.

citation from icLiverpool.co.uk

Even David Beckam is donation money, out of the USA.

I have another comparison in my head, but saying that will be about the same as blasphemy. If you want to know, ask me…

source: De Volkskrant (sorry, Dutch only)

European Initiative

Thanx you, Nespresso

Rambam is the short for Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides), one of the most important and influencial scholars in Judaism. As being a doctor, philosopher and rabbi, his shining thoughts were very diverse.



While being in Eindhoven a while ago I did see this logo of a store called RamBam. I liked the logo. The building was still being renovated and I made a not that good picture. I am glad my longtime friend Monique could make me a proper one. Thanx! :)
[@ MM: still addicted to Flicker?]

Really years and years ago I did go to Amsterdam about once a month.
It became to crowded to my taste and I almost don’t hear my own Dutch language in the streets anymore. I love other languages, but not ONLY…

Sometimes I have to go there (for work) and enjoy it there for a short while…

But Amsterdam is always good for nice pictures. Even when made by a 0.3 megapixel camera of a Palm Treo 680!!