The nation will be run efficiently, “for the greater good of the greater number”, with no one being completely satisfied and with no one being completely annoyed.
Had he lived, however, Pim Fortuyn might have changed all that. He had already brought excitement and a touch of theatre to the banality of Pragmatism.
Even the ever-calm Prime Minister Wim Kok displayed what might be emotion when he heard of Pim’s death, fumbling for words in his obvious shock that such a thing could happen in Holland.
“I am broken.”, was one of his comments. Such things don't happen, when Reason prevails.
Had he lived, however, Pim Fortuyn might have changed all that. He had already brought excitement and a touch of theatre to the banality of Pragmatism.
Even the ever-calm Prime Minister Wim Kok displayed what might be emotion when he heard of Pim’s death, fumbling for words in his obvious shock that such a thing could happen in Holland.
“I am broken.”, was one of his comments. Such things don't happen, when Reason prevails.
It is still difficult to assess exactly what Pim Fortuyn stood for, other than a better quality of life for everyone. Details were not his forte. Best to leave that to those better suited for such things.
“Professor Pim”, as he liked to be called was a 54-year-old former Professor of Sociology who first became a Marxist and then a commentator on political and social affairs. In February, he was kicked out of the Livable Netherlands Party, because he called for a repeal of of the first article of the Dutch Constitution which forbids discrimination.
Those who knew him state quite firmly that he was not a racist.
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“Professor Pim”, as he liked to be called was a 54-year-old former Professor of Sociology who first became a Marxist and then a commentator on political and social affairs. In February, he was kicked out of the Livable Netherlands Party, because he called for a repeal of of the first article of the Dutch Constitution which forbids discrimination.
Those who knew him state quite firmly that he was not a racist.
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He went on to form Lijst Pim Fortuyn and won approximately a third of the votes in the Rotterdam Municipal elections.
Pollsters predicted that his party would win 26 seats out of 150 in the Dutch parliament. That remains to be seen, since “the Professor” was the party.
In the land where homosexual marriages are legally recognised, his open declaration of his homosexuality and flamboyant lifestyle brought little comment – although to the “far Right”, this is anethema. He would usually arrive at an interview in a chauffer-driven car, but this brought little criticism from the Left. It was just part of his lifestyle.
Pollsters predicted that his party would win 26 seats out of 150 in the Dutch parliament. That remains to be seen, since “the Professor” was the party.
In the land where homosexual marriages are legally recognised, his open declaration of his homosexuality and flamboyant lifestyle brought little comment – although to the “far Right”, this is anethema. He would usually arrive at an interview in a chauffer-driven car, but this brought little criticism from the Left. It was just part of his lifestyle.