I just spoke (free–via Skype) to a Dutch attorney friend. He said the headlines over there are all about the murder of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, the great-grandnephew of painter Vincent van Gogh. Apparently he was killed by a muslim angry about a film of Van Gogh’s critical of Islam’s treatment of women.
My friend told me two interesting things. First, that at least the headlines of the murder will trump all the US election headlines that would otherwise take center stage. Second, that most Dutch seem hostile to the idea that it was a Muslim who killed Van Gogh. Jeez, I didn’t realize the Europeans were as politically correct as we are.
