Amsterdam changing the mongering scene
Book Guy
I write it like I mean it, but mostly they just want my money.
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Looks to me like, in some ways, they're "making sure the city is safe for mongering and weed" by eliminating the GLUT of establishments and thus reducing the risk to silly uninformed tourists. I haven't been to the 'Dam since 1991 (IIRC), so I can't comment on what it's been like lately. But I find it hard to believe that the vibe could be eliminated effectively in the way Giuliani succeeded in ruining Times Square ...
Then again, the Dutch did give us Calvinism.
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"'Once we were a free country. Now they tell us what to do,' she said."
-- signs in business windows saying "Stop Hard Drugs"
-- surreptitious dealings in alleyways
-- police arresting those who deal and purchase hard drugs
Conclusion: Wherever the line is drawn, people will cross it.
Yank