Below you find the draft of the Preface of a soon to be published book. Title: 49:49 Subtitle: The Emperor’s Old Rags An autobiographical Anecdote This book has an autobiographical side. This foreword all the more so. Starting with a personal anecdote would therefore be appropriate. An anecdote that has no direct relationship with the… Continue reading A Preface
Old Dutch Painter’s Blog
Long walk & experiment involving transgenderism in passing
Nederlands gesproken, subtitled in English. I made it for TikTok. Actually the long walk is also a training and test if I will be able to complete the JFK-march: 50 miles / 80 kilometers for the first time in my life. It is organised in a considerable number of Dutch locations every year. My account… Continue reading Long walk & experiment involving transgenderism in passing
Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (3)
Mayors of Amsterdam As promised in part 1 of this miniseries, this 3rd and final part is about mayors of the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam. (Link to part 2).)Especially about the men and one woman who were appointed after the Second World War. The emphasis is on those of the 21st century.Yes, mayors in… Continue reading Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (3)
Mohammed’s personal life
In a previous draft of this text I had not placed sufficient emphasis on the misogynist aspect of this specific surah of the Quran. This is the last of the paragraphs of the soon to be published book 49:49. Subtitled The Emperors Old Rags, prepublished on this website. §9 ‘Aunt’ Lahab and the ban on… Continue reading Mohammed’s personal life
Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (2)
As promised last sunday here the first follow up of the blogpost about a ridiculous Islamophilia show staged in the city council of the Dutch capital Amsterdam. This is the translation of the open letter I wrote to that council, from which they could draw for their indictment of me!Some 4400 words: quotes from my books and other… Continue reading Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (2)
The highly problematic position of the UN re religions
As I described in the preliminary version of 49:49’s preface (see link below this post), its Postface grew to over 40% of the book. I am now publishing the almost final version of its first three paragraphs. The title of this blog post is the same as the last of those three. Within the category… Continue reading The highly problematic position of the UN re religions