Wednesday, March 15, 2006

amsterdam: accept it or leave it

i just found out that if you want to go live in the Netherlands, you must buy a $75 prep package that includes a controversial film, a cd, and a picture album of famous dutch people, then you pay $420 to take an entrance test. the film is controversial because it includes gay men kissing, and a topless woman on a beach. if you can't handle this stuff, you can't stay in the country. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11842116/)

a lot of people think the test is stupid or radical, but others support the test saying this is reality and people need to accept it or go elsewhere. the test is part of a movement, that has been building since 2001, to limit immigration. it must be working -- immigration has dropped by 1/3.

maybe we could control our border problem by requiring a film. now let's see, what would the film be about .... hardened criminals going free with paltry fines? white collar criminals, oops, i mean good ole' boys behind closed doors? drugs, real estate gouging, phishing/pharming, maternity belly fashions, piercings fashions, butt crack showings, reader's digest scams, homeless people, fundamentalist lifestyles, republicans, i.d. theft, religious wackoes, welfare fraud, jerry springer, rap music? there's a lot of reality in this country we could put into a film.

think it would scare anybody? hahaha .... naw -- who'd believe it?

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