hello folks

my name is hero, im a dutchman, living in belgium and because of that they (the belgian people) calls me a "nederbelg" = a south-netherlander working and living in belgium. and as you already supposed it's a nick-name. there isn't a country in the whole world, that is so skilled in making an art from discrimination. and it is almost hilaric to say that it starts by the belgian government with discrimination of their own people and later on with their neighbours, especially dutch people. the reason for this behaviour you can find in the history of both nations: belgium was split off from the netherlands after napoleon invades the netherlands.

in the centuries after this splitt off, there grew a distinct difference in characteristics between the belgium and dutch people: belgium people tends to have more southern mentality like mediterraneans. they adore the enigma "joie de vivre", so they tend to be late at appointments for half an hour at least (if they come at all), so one could say that they are not so reliable as dutch people. dutch people in general are right, straight, open and direct. they don't like hotch-potch, because this directs away from the intended goal. dutch people like to say as it is without diversions, straight to the goal.

belgium people in general are not open or direct at all, they manipulate people, they are underhand, acts behind one's back. they are so-called polite, but in the mean time, they gossip about every thing they know about you. belgium people have also a kind of german mentality in the way that they always seek support by their superiors. one might say they are fine hypocrites, but they lack the insight view of hippocrates. and by the way the belgium government and policical parties are predecessors: they show their subjects how to do it and even the court in belgium shows lately.

i mention one quote of a politician marc van peel and senator (the chair-man of cd&v) on 14/05/97 in the paper "de groene amsterdammer" who said that he rather like to sit on an isle full with turcs than on an isle full of dutch people.

so, maybe i have a nickname like "nederbelg", but im fully a dutchman to the backbone, nevertheless i live in belgium for more than thirty years now. and no, i will not sollicitate for the belgium nationality ;)