What a nice morning to wake up to: A judge in Hawaii
has issued an order blocking Trump’s second attempt at a travel ban and Geert
Wilders has not been able to make it in the Netherlands. It feels like the sun
is shining for a change.
The Dutch have redeemed themselves, but we will have
the same effect as the German Green party has had in Germany. They may not win enough
votes to rule the country, but they impact the political discourse and their, at
first seemingly, revolutionary ideas seep into the party programmes of the main
parties, to become generally acceptable. A force for the good. Sadly, the same
is happening with the disgusting immoral ideologies of the far right. To
compete with the far right, the centre goes right.
But, for the time being, Geert Wilders will have more
time to spend at his coiffeur’s. I recommend a long stay under one of those hair
perming machines.
Appropos Israel - and nothing to with the Dutch, I was interested to see the recent publication of the World Economic Forum report on the World's Happiest Countries in 2016.
ReplyDeleteIsrael ranked 11.
Or put another way,Israel ranked first after 5 Scandanavian countries, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia and Switzerland. Not an altogether bad reflection on contemporary Israeli society.
I would expect that the survey excluded those living in Judea and Samaria.
Michael