Dutch constitution

A friend points out an NRO article by Rod Dreher detailing Fortuyn’s platform. All very mild. The most interesting point is that Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution forbids discrimination—by anyone—on “religion, belief, political opinion, race or sex, or on any other grounds whatsoever.” So in Holland you have to carry on all relations with everyone in compliance with strict liberal theory. This is fanaticism. Why liberal theory rather than some other theory? All the talk about the reasonable and tolerant Dutch turns out to be just an urban myth.
Posted by Jim Kalb at May 09, 2002 11:05 AM | Send