Comments on: 14 forward-thinking things Dutch people do

By: John P

John P — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:52:08 +0000

Why can Dutch huisarts not be progressive? Embrace preventative medicine, instead of prescribing paracetamol for everything and telling you to come back in two weeks!

Lived in many countries, never seen a doctor google something in front of me until i came here !

By: Wil_H

Wil_H — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:38:53 +0000

In reply to Glenn Christmas.

There is a huge difference between having the right to be helped by a trained physician to pass away in the same humane way that we allow pets to have and shooting yourself in your head in the hope that that will end your life.
Euthanasia isn’t murder. It’s a meticulously designed proces with a lot of strict protocols to prevent abuse and plain murder.
Allowing doctors to assist their patients in their last wish is forward thinking, leaving terminal patients to their fate and not give them a humane way to end life with dignity is the opposite of that.

By: Glenn Christmas

Glenn Christmas — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:04:55 +0000

8. Give people the right to die. – This is nonsense. Any human being at any time can kill themselves; it’s called suicide. The so-called “right to die” is nothing more than the legitimating of murder. Allowing doctors to become legalized murderers is hardly forward thinking.

By: Wil

Wil — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 15:26:46 +0000

In reply to Fahmi.

Dutch don’t think that they are efficient. They don’t even want to be efficient. All they want is working as little as possible in as much possible time.
A famous Dutch saying: “Today I’m going to dedicate as much as nearly 30% of my energy to my job.”

By: Fahmi

Fahmi — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:59:49 +0000

They can think they’re mad efficient, but as a foreigner living and working besides them, they’re at best mildly efficient.

But I do appreciate their directness.