The New Year festivities in the Netherlands have left two people dead, dozens with serious injuries and destroyed Amsterdam’s historic Vondelkerk church.

  • redlemace@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I feel ashamed. That’s not celebrating, it’s riot for the sake of riots.

    Lookup “carbid schieten” If a Policecar comes by, the 2 Policemen get out and face the crowd … they get a cup of hot coffee and a warm oliebol. They say “be carefull now you lot! Thanks for the coffee” and drive off. That is celebration in the (east and north) netherlands.

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      There have been those kind of celebrations (with or without carbid schieten) all across the country, just like there are warzones all over te country. I don’t think we can allow the police to behave like that everywhere.

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        I don’t think we can allow the police to behave like that

        That’s 100% up to the people how they (can) behave

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          5 days ago

          Totally agree and totally why i said that. Worth working towards a world the police can be like that and everything is fine and nobody gets hurt.

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
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      Only works in less populated regions with cohesion and certainly not in cities.