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If the military is so sure he broke the law, why couldn’t it give him a fair trial?

theageofthegeek:

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/holidays/2011/12/zwarte_piet_holland_s_favorite_racist_christmas_tradition_.html

As a newcomer to the Netherlands, I do many things wrong. I forget to bring gifts to dinner parties, I thank people too profusely, and often speak too personally…

jtg88:

10. Krampus (Austria)

In Anglophile countries the worst that might befall naughty children is a lump of coal in their stocking (a consolation prize which, in these times of economic struggle, is starting to look a lot more attractive). In Austria however, things are a considerably more…

pagannews:

Zwarte Piet is Racisme — or “Black Peter is Racism” — might as well be Dutch for “shots fired.”

Activist Quinsy Gario was recently beaten and arrested for publicly protesting — and using that highly charged slogan — at a Dutch Christmas celebration in an attempt to call attention to a…