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Art_from_Ark

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3. The Netherlands sounds like a cool country

Reply to trusty elf (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 06:07 AM

Jun 2013

And even before the existence of the Netherlands, the Dutch had some pretty progressive ideas, like religious tolerance. Because the Dutch didn't try to peddle their religion to the Japanese, they were the only Europeans who were allowed to trade with Japan during its period of closure (1630-1854).

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Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals [View all] trusty elf Jun 2013 OP

Oh, those poor prisons! Scootaloo Jun 2013 #1

Those soshulist you're-a-peons have no entrepreneurial spirit. trusty elf Jun 2013 #2

The Netherlands sounds like a cool country Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #3

well, that's just 'cause the bakufu didn't want the daimyo converting and having independent MisterP Jun 2013 #16

Well, gee, maybe they knew about what the Spaniards and Portuguese Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #19

despite the Iberian enormities in the Americas and Philippines, the shoguns' motives were domestic MisterP Jul 2013 #20

"Domestic" motives included fending off foreign religious zealots Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #21

The headline sounds almost Onionesque. n/t trusty elf Jun 2013 #4

It's wonderful. sibelian Jun 2013 #5

I haven't even finished my first cup of coffee Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #11

Well, I don't want to be Pollyanna-ish sibelian Jun 2013 #18

Doesn't it, though? Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #10

This could never happen here burnodo Jun 2013 #6

Except for the lieutenant governor of my state. TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #7

We could offer to send them our banksters and war criminals. trusty elf Jun 2013 #8

If we did that, The Netherlands would need to build more prisons. Orrex Jun 2013 #9

This is from 19/5/2009 and is posted in an "archief" (archive). SwissTony Jun 2013 #12

Oh, you're right. trusty elf Jun 2013 #14

They just didn't grasp the beauty of privatizing the prison system. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #13

They got weed and good jobs and most importantly good will towards each other Rain Mcloud Jun 2013 #15

OMG, these people need to make pot a felony and protesting a bank the same as treason STAT! ck4829 Jun 2013 #17

the Netherlands' religious tolerance thing is true, to some extent, but elehhhhna Jul 2013 #22

You stayed! sibelian Jul 2013 #23

lol elehhhhna Jul 2013 #24

It's allowed. sibelian Jul 2013 #25