Why I Hate Holland
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Yes, it does look pretty, but wait!
Did you ever see the Harry Enfield comedy sketch with the two Dutch gay policemen, Ronald and Stefan? In one scene they describe some elderly people complaining about having witnessed a public gay orgy. Ronald’s solution is to encourage them to join in. Those of us who do not like the Dutch way of doing things recognise that Enfield’s parody is close to the bone.
The Dutch are described on one website as “anxiety ridden tall fuckers who live below sea level”, but with their uber-libertarian attitude, the Dutch can seem the most grown-up and forward thinking in Europe.
But look again. The Dutch High Court ruled that a political party set up to support and promote the rights of paedophiles should not be banned because, “Freedom of expression, freedom ... of association, including the freedom to set up a political party can be seen as the basis for a democratic society.”
Holland has long been a champion of those spurned as exploiters and abusers in other countries. Since brothel prostitution was legalised in 2000, pimps claim the right be treated as legitimate businessmen. The annual turnover of its sex industry is in excess of 700 million Euros, of which the government receives a proportion through taxation and sex tourism. Jobs in brothels are advertised in job centres, and the first “naked gym” opened a decade ago.
As a frequent visitor to Holland I am often envied by colleagues. It is high time the fairy-tale mythology about how wonderful Holland and its citizens really are. I loath Holland, and in particular, its cesspit of a capital city.
Amsterdam is known as “the vagina of Europe”, due to its burgeoning and blatantly advertised sex industry. It is visited every year by two million British tourists, with the majority, according to the Netherlands Board of Tourism, looking for sex and drugs. As the Dutch peddle more and more propaganda as to how wonderful their policies are on decriminalising any crime difficult to deal with, Holland is increasingly being seen as an example of libertarianism gone bonkers.
Holland was the first country to legalise prostitution, having allowed it to occur under people’s noses for centuries. The government funded the Dutch Institute for Prostitution Issues, which propagated about the regime by sending its employees around the world in an attempt to convince other countries that their way is best.
Since legalisation, Dutch cites have become inundated with sex tourists. There are walking tours available around the red light area of Amsterdam - led by staff at the Prostitution Information Centre (where visitors can go to learn about what a fantastic job being a ‘sex worker’ is). The brochure reads: “Begin with a drink at a prostitute information centre where a former prostitute will explain the system and answer any questions you may have. Then head for the red-light district and see for yourself.” The ninety minute tour costs €25 per person.
Although the Dutch constantly boast about how “their” prostitutes are “looked after” the majority involved in the off-street sex industry today are foreign – trafficked into the country from Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia by criminal gangs in order to meet the growing demand for sexual services. Not many Dutch women want to work in prostitution, despite the government promoting it as a viable career choice.
In Utrecht, a town outside Amsterdam there was, until it was closed in July 2021, a drive-through brothel where customers could pull up, make a selection from among the women, park in a stall with corrugated metal dividers, have sex, and then toss their condoms in specially provided waste bins, all without leaving their vehicle.
In recent years, many of the window brothels in Amsterdam have been sold off, and the street tolerance zones closed down because of the links between prostitution and organised crime in the Netherlands. But still, the majority of the Dutch refuse to admit that its legalised sex industry is not a bed of roses.
Local authorities in Holland are not allowed to refuse to licence brothels on “moral or ethical grounds” – to do so would make them liable to p
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