Talk:Majority of Dutch parliament against accentuation of anti-blasphemy article

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The news organizations (television stations?) NOS and RTL aren't well known on a global scale, so the article reads a little bit oddly: When I first saw "According to RTL...", I thought this was reporting the position of a political party with acronym RTL, and only later figured out it was a news organization. I'm not sure how to better word this though. Something like "According to broadcaster RTL..." sounds a little bit funny. --Delirium 03:08, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Blasphemy is already illegal in the Netherlands. Donner wanted to update the legislation about it, but the Tweede Kamer now wants to remove that law altogether. Therefore, I think this article is factually incorrect. 131.211.151.242 08:16, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

BTW NOS is reputable source here in the Netherlands. We should have some rule about the use of local sources. 131.211.151.242 08:34, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

You've got a point there. Any suggestions for a title which covers the contents better? Foeke 17:07, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I agree. We must discuss about local sources, although I think they are necessary sometimes--carlosar 01:15 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)

I went ahead and changed the title to something more appropriate. Foeke 20:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Superb - let's get this published! Ambi 12:51, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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I'm intrigued by this european law against blasphemy. I think it ought to be included in the article, a short description of what "blasphemy" entails. I'm curious.Rainbird 20:11, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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Note: The name of the D66 Member of Parliament refered to is *Lousewies* van der Laan, not Medy van der Laan (no relative, although also D66), who is state secretary for media affairs. --82.171.130.244 17:08, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Change the title?

I suggest we change the title of this article to Majority of Dutch parliament against strengthening of anti-blasphemy law. I feel this would make it easyier for people to know what the article is about.