[Vautrin]

That is probably not true. In the Netherlands, if we are to believe the scarce reports by the Secret Service, fundamentalism is in the rise. Terrorism is on the rise. And it will remain that way. And as everyone knows only one attack is sufficient. And if you make it hard to commit 2 succesful attacks, then the first succesful one has to be a massive success. That is, why use a few bombs? Try to get hold of nuclear technology. That will have an impact.

And with idiotic campaigns to warn the population of the possibility of terrorist attacks, and the appaling (in terms of quality) public debate on terrorism and fundamentalism leads to even more people who are interested in committing terrorist acts. We have seen that in the past 2 years.

Let me elaborate a bit further:

Animal cruelty is punishable by law, but not when it is an enterprise. Bio-industry, even in its most appalling forms is excluded from all considerations of animal cruelty.

The government has passed a law, that implies that animal right activists are terrorists. This is mostly about a small group of people who help animals escape, most notably minks (I think that is the word in English). Animals that are solely bred for the fur, and all concerns for health of the animals do not matter at all.

This implies, that disrupting of an unethical treatment of animals, as conceded by law, is a terrorist activity, if the disruption is of an economical pursuit for profit.

People know this as well, and this does not contribute to safety at all. Equality for the law means that you cannot beat up a pig, but you are perfectly entitled to squeeze 12 pigs in an area of (say) 50 square feet. Many animals even have to have surgery, in order to prevent injuries in these small spaces! But apparently, the idea that larger areas per pig might lessen injuries to the pigs, is too insane to consider.

Transport issues, with for instance sheep going from the Netherlands to Italy to be slaughtered there. That is about 1300 miles on the road. And why? Because slaughter might be as much as a few dimes cheaper in Italy than here. And of course then be driven back again. A large portion of the animals does not even survive such rides (on the way to Italy). But animal cruelty? Nah, that would be insane. Letting animals die, knowing beforehand that the animals will die because of transport conditions, and calling that animal cruelty? People must have gone out of their mind :roll:.

And of course I could have drawn out the long history of the Dutch government of supporting terrorist regimes. And sad to say, even to this day that continues. Most people know that as well.

The Netherlands is hypocritical about terrorism. Stricter laws won't help, if the government only uses the law when it suits the purpose of the government.