Today on the news...
...In Venlo, the Netherlands two teenagers on moped scooters, speeding on the pavement in front of a supermarket, nearly knocked an old lady of her feet. When a young man approached the teenagers, and verbally reprimended them he was severely kicked and beaten by the two.
The teenagers went groceryshopping in the same supermarket straight afterwards, where they got arrested.
The young man had to be taken to the hospital by a trauma helicopter. He died at the hospital from severe injuries to the head.
Off course the fact that one of the teenagers was of Marokkan descent shouldn't lead to the conclusion that Dutch immigrants from that country tend to have more of a criminal/violent streak. That's why it's especially sad that violence crimes in the Netherlands are so often linked to that particular "cultural" background. It's fuel for those that do tend to generalize, but it also makes it hard for me to consider that link purely coincidental, as much as I'm opposed to discrimination and racism.
hearing about things like that, fill you with a unnerving sense of desparation.
In Holland the officialy encouraged course of action when whitnessing violence crimes is 1)don't get involved' 2)remember what the perpetrators look like 3)call the emergency number (112)
A different, more vigalant course of action, could've saved an innocent life, but then again; what would that have led to?
My sympathy goes out to the family and friends of that poor guy, that got kicked and beaten to death by a couple of aggressive anti-social punks, for taking a stand in a civilized manner.
~Marcel~
...In Venlo, the Netherlands two teenagers on moped scooters, speeding on the pavement in front of a supermarket, nearly knocked an old lady of her feet. When a young man approached the teenagers, and verbally reprimended them he was severely kicked and beaten by the two.
The teenagers went groceryshopping in the same supermarket straight afterwards, where they got arrested.
The young man had to be taken to the hospital by a trauma helicopter. He died at the hospital from severe injuries to the head.
Off course the fact that one of the teenagers was of Marokkan descent shouldn't lead to the conclusion that Dutch immigrants from that country tend to have more of a criminal/violent streak. That's why it's especially sad that violence crimes in the Netherlands are so often linked to that particular "cultural" background. It's fuel for those that do tend to generalize, but it also makes it hard for me to consider that link purely coincidental, as much as I'm opposed to discrimination and racism.
hearing about things like that, fill you with a unnerving sense of desparation.
In Holland the officialy encouraged course of action when whitnessing violence crimes is 1)don't get involved' 2)remember what the perpetrators look like 3)call the emergency number (112)
A different, more vigalant course of action, could've saved an innocent life, but then again; what would that have led to?
My sympathy goes out to the family and friends of that poor guy, that got kicked and beaten to death by a couple of aggressive anti-social punks, for taking a stand in a civilized manner.
~Marcel~