http://www.dutchdailynews.com/car-strikes-dutch-queens-day-crowd/ Hometown Newspaper of The Netherlands Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dutchdailynews.com/car-strikes-dutch-queens-day-crowd/#comment-1236 Jamie Sat, 02 May 2009 17:32:35 +0000 http://www.dutchdailynews.com/?p=331#comment-1236 I can safely say, as a Dutch citizen living abroad in England for over 12 years, that The Dutch do not view their royal family as being anachronistic. At least, that is the sense that I have with my rooted understanding of Dutch culture from having lived there most of my life, having family there and having an objective perspective living overseas. They are seen as a symbol for national pride, unity and goodwill. Of course there is a sense of nationalism attached to that, however, why must there always be such negativity attached to that word? It is true to say that the Dutch have had problems facilitating minority groups to become part of their society, yet they embrace that difference without being patronising and without a paranoid sense of political correctness that can be even more offensive and divisive. Which could perhaps be said about the U.K.? However, I would not like to presume that I know as much about English culture and would not be so hasty as to make sweeping generalisations that are ignorant and offensive, like yourself I can safely say, as a Dutch citizen living abroad in England for over 12 years, that The Dutch do not view their royal family as being anachronistic. At least, that is the sense that I have with my rooted understanding of Dutch culture from having lived there most of my life, having family there and having an objective perspective living overseas. They are seen as a symbol for national pride, unity and goodwill.
Of course there is a sense of nationalism attached to that, however, why must there always be such negativity attached to that word?
It is true to say that the Dutch have had problems facilitating minority groups to become part of their society, yet they embrace that difference without being patronising and without a paranoid sense of political correctness that can be even more offensive and divisive. Which could perhaps be said about the U.K.? However, I would not like to presume that I know as much about English culture and would not be so hasty as to make sweeping generalisations that are ignorant and offensive, like yourself

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