Perhaps this was an assassination attempt:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8026807.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8026807.stm)
QuoteA car has crashed into a crowd watching a parade involving Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family, killing four people and seriously injuring several others.
The car eventually careered into a monument, narrowly missing an open-topped bus carrying the royals.
No members of the royal family were hurt in the incident, in Apeldoorn, about 90km (56 miles) from Amsterdam.
Dutch officials said the driver, who was seriously hurt in the crash, appeared to have acted deliberately.
But after searching the car and his home, investigators have ruled out terrorism as a motive.
They have not named the man, but said he was a Dutch national aged 38.
Apeldoorn mayor Fred de Graaf told a news conference that four people had been killed in the incident and 13 injured - five of them seriously.
'Royal shock'
Cynthia Boll, a photographer at the scene, told the BBC the car was already badly damaged before it slammed into the crowds at high speed.
"There were people everywhere, you could definitely see that it was serious because everywhere was blood and shoes ripped off and all the people giving CPR," she said.
The crowds were celebrating Queen's Day - a national holiday in the Netherlands when thousands of people take to the streets to mark the queen's official birthday.
Officials said flags are at half mast on government buildings across the country and all planned celebrations have been called off.
Witnesses said the streets of Apeldoorn are now empty.
In a statement from the royal family, the queen gave her condolences to the victims of the crash.
"Her majesty the queen, on behalf of other members of the royal family, expresses her shock at the incident," the statement said.
What the bbc video, it has the 2nd part of the 'attack' after the car has already driven through a crowd/barriers and his heading down the road to the bus.
Why anyone would do a kamikaze attack on the Dutch royal family is beyond me, so I'm going to assume he was just batshit drunk.
The Dutch have long offended us smaller than average people with their tallness, and I hope this is the first strike from the Below Six Feet Liberation Front.
Quote from: Norgy on April 30, 2009, 11:18:49 AM
The Dutch have long offended us smaller than average people with their tallness, and I hope this is the first strike from the Below Six Feet Liberation Front.
Huzzah! :osama:
I was at a restaurant at Centreparcs in Port Zeeland, Holland, two years ago and needed to pee.
So I went to the bathroom and I swear to god, I had to stand on tiptoes to reach the base of the urinal...and I'm 5'10. :D
I love the tallness of the Dutch. So many women of acceptable height :wub:
Quote from: Tyr on April 30, 2009, 07:25:23 PM
I love the tallness of the Dutch. So many women of acceptable height :wub:
So you get rejected by women who you find attractive, rather than being rejected by women who are just passable?
It begins again!
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The Dutch mens are super hot. :mmm:
One more example that most of you humanoids are going insane.
That was really surreal, 5 dead now :(
Best party of the year ruined and it won't ever be the same again :mad:
Quote from: Habsburg on April 30, 2009, 07:44:56 PM
The Dutch mens are super hot. :mmm:
One more example that most of you humanoids are going insane.
Indeed, the Dutch and the Czechs are the hottest men in Europe.
The guy died overnight. Poor bastard had his heart in the right place, though.
Quote from: Josephus on April 30, 2009, 06:49:31 PM
I was at a restaurant at Centreparcs in Port Zeeland, Holland, two years ago and needed to pee.
So I went to the bathroom and I swear to god, I had to stand on tiptoes to reach the base of the urinal...and I'm 5'10. :D
I'm 6'3 and I absolutely HATE all those midget-sized urinals, sinks and so on. Seriously, most of them stand at 3' :no:
Kevin
I just piss on the floor.
Quote from: Maladict on May 01, 2009, 02:40:56 AM
Best party of the year ruined and it won't ever be the same again :mad:
Why? I know you Europeans are weak of spirit and lack character, but don't tell me that you'll snivel about the dead forever?
Quote from: Kleves on April 30, 2009, 07:41:10 PM
It begins again!
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I'd say it's more of a 19th century's anarchist regicide style.
Anarchism 2.0 :o
Quote from: Eochaid on May 01, 2009, 06:01:53 AM
Quote from: Josephus on April 30, 2009, 06:49:31 PM
I was at a restaurant at Centreparcs in Port Zeeland, Holland, two years ago and needed to pee.
So I went to the bathroom and I swear to god, I had to stand on tiptoes to reach the base of the urinal...and I'm 5'10. :D
I'm 6'3 and I absolutely HATE all those midget-sized urinals, sinks and so on. Seriously, most of them stand at 3' :no:
Kevin
I like to sit down for pissing, too. I don't see why I should suffer to stand if I could as well sit down.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 01, 2009, 05:23:57 AM
The guy died overnight. Poor bastard had his heart in the right place, though.
Impaled on the steering column?
QuoteWhy? I know you Europeans are weak of spirit and lack character, but don't tell me that you'll snivel about the dead forever?
Because it's the day on which the royals mingle freely with the crowds without having to fear attacks like this.
Until a few years ago government ministers used to travel to work on their bicycles, without any protection.
It's these small things about our society we used to treasure and have now lost.
Quote from: Maladict on May 01, 2009, 09:21:03 AM
Until a few years ago government ministers used to travel to work on their bicycles, without any protection.
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Quote from: Brazen on May 01, 2009, 09:23:40 AM
:unsure:
Heh, good on him. And kudos for not wearing one of those silly helmets.
Quote from: Maladict on May 01, 2009, 09:31:11 AM
Heh, good on him. And kudos for not wearing one of those silly helmets.
Bicyclists should be run over by SUVs.
Somehow odd that the other fiercely Republican, Puritanical, Tolerant and Enterprising nation ended up becoming a semi-socialist, secular Monarchy.
Still. From what I've read, the Dutch Royal family are about as admirable as the Spanish or the Danish, and nowhere near as annoying as the British. Should be left alone. Not to mention the fact that only innocent non-royals died.
Western monarchies. :wub:
Quote from: garbon on May 01, 2009, 02:52:13 PM
Western monarchies. :wub:
In theory and outside of western Europe I'm a staunch Republican (in the non-Hans sense), but what's so wrong with the Spanish, Dutch and Danish monarchies? Without the Spanish King I don't think Spain could've made such an easy transition to Democracy; heck, even Marxists were saying "God Save the King" for his role in bringing about democracy.
Quote from: Queequeg on May 01, 2009, 02:56:32 PM
In theory and outside of western Europe I'm a staunch Republican (in the non-Hans sense), but what's so wrong with the Spanish, Dutch and Danish monarchies? Without the Spanish King I don't think Spain could've made such an easy transition to Democracy; heck, even Marxists were saying "God Save the King" for his role in bringing about democracy.
Why are you asking me? :unsure:
Quote from: Warspite on May 01, 2009, 08:26:11 AM
Anarchism 2.0 :o
I must point out that ALL present governments are Anarchies. No present government in existence has an Eponymous Archon a Polymarch nor an Archon Basileus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon) in service.
Quote from: Viking on May 01, 2009, 07:24:49 PM
Quote from: Warspite on May 01, 2009, 08:26:11 AM
Anarchism 2.0 :o
I must point out that ALL present governments are Anarchies. No present government in existence has an Eponymous Archon a Polymarch nor an Archon Basileus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon) in service.
That word doesn't mean what you think it means.