>>>>Tell me this isn't true:
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>>>>In the Netherlands the national flag is now banned on most schools. If a student wears the national flag of his own country he will be suspended or expelled from school. The reason for this is that this provokes the immigrants (the muslims) and therefore it is considered discrimination if you wear your country's flag in your own country. Even people who have an bumpersticker whit the flag on their car are harassed and called a facist by the Muslims. Most schools also ban certain clothing like the Lonsdale brand and combat boots with white or red laces. This is also concidered a sign of racism.
>>>>There are of course no restrictions for the immigrants on clothing.
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>>>>Supposedly translated from Vlagverbod is wijdverspreid. I can't attest to the accuracy of the translation, I only know enough Dutch to order a beer.
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>>>First, it appears to be a 1 year old article in a newspaper.
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>>>Second, it is an action of a certain schoolboard, perhaps even some more schools, but not of the Dutch parliament.
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>>>Third, it is an action they only do as a reaction to a situation that got out of control.
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>>>Fourth, the central theme is that the schoolboards do not accept certain group-identifying clothes, objects and behavior if those are perceived as provocative by other groups.
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>>>The underlying problem are those young kids who wear Lonsdale clothes and icons like the Dutch flag and swastikas, only to make clear that they hate immigrants. These kids are not politically motivated, but merely racists.
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>>>The schoolboard claims that the same method can and will also be applied if immigrants show such provocative group-identifying clothes, objects or behavior.
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>>Thanks. The translated part was posted on another board and I wondered if it had been taken out of context.
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>So, allow me to scan through the text (not being a native English speaker of course):
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>In the Netherlands the national flag is now banned on most schools. If a student wears the national flag of his own country he will be suspended or expelled from school. The reason for this is that this provokes the immigrants (the muslims) and therefore it is considered discrimination if you wear your country's flag in your own country. Even people who have an bumpersticker whit the flag on their car are harassed and called a facist by the Muslims. Most schools also ban certain clothing like the Lonsdale brand and combat boots with white or red laces. This is also concidered a sign of racism.
>There are of course no restrictions for the immigrants on clothing.
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>Quite a lot of grammatical errors. Not really written by an intellectual. Do I need say more?


Those are spelling errors, apart from those the translation is fairly accurate...

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