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RainDog

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9. No doubt. The conservative reaction to Theo Van Gogh had a lot to do with it
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 10:27 PM
Jan 2014

The right wing there (nothing near as right wing on economics as the right wing here) got voted into office and some cities were complaining about the tourism - especially British football fans who cross the chunnel and get both drunk and stoned and make a nuisance of themselves - but they did and do that without cannabis.

One time I was at a football match that was against a British team and the fans were scary to me - the ones in the end zone - they're called hooligans, even by their own count.

And Maastricht was complaining because that city is at the border for Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg.... traffic jams, that sort of thing.

But I would imagine the tourist dollars outweigh the few who make trouble.

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