There's details in this blog by one of the Heritage Foundation's legal advisors. www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/12/s...

They suffered a lot worse in the five years before 1945. I'm not going to stay and argue the point: the library is full of good books.

They manage their cemeteries on Dutch soil. It's an arrangement that depends on mutual respect and good faith.

You mean America? Because the Dutch didn't decide this and I understand they're trying to correct it.

Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Yes, the American Battle Monuments Commission, as mentioned in my post.

The decision wasn't taken by the Dutch, in fairness - though you shouldn't expect better either. Our Geert Wilders has very close ties to The Heritage Foundation.

The cemetery is managed by the ABMC. But the land surrounding it is not. Just a thought.

I mean, you can't really be surprised by a right-wing leader trying that …

Well, the Dutch were famous for making these: youtu.be/eyHleTJyONk?...

(A little more context: 3 weeks ago Ajax technical director Alex Kroes was asked if under-fire head coach John Heitinga was going to be removed. He replied: "We're not going to do that." Yesterday Kroes told Heitinga he was being relieved of his duties.) nos.nl/artikel/2586...

Volgens dit zijn tweede grootste, tweede laatste enz. gebruikelijker in België, maar ik hoor ze steeds meer in Nederland. taaladvies.net/op-een-na-gr...

Dat je sommige termen overneemt uit een andere taal vind ik niet zo'n groot probleem. Het Engels zit zelf vol leenwoorden.
Maar dit soort subtiele beïnvloeding is wel erg, omdat het karakter en de denkwijze van een taal daardoor wegkwijnt.

That's the point you thought you were making, but your last sentence makes a different one: that people are justified in taking the law into their own hands if they don't like the system. These revenge attacks happened within weeks. There's no way to dispense justice properly in that time.

They're all playing games. It's kind of unavoidable.