Recent kreeg ik deze vraag: "Heb jij taboes?". Ik moest enkele seconden nadenken. Daarna antwoordde ik met mijn "Nee". Toch vond ik die vraag fascinerend. Ik heb die wel gehad. De tijd heeft ze doen sneuvelen. Toch sluit ik niet uit dat mijn onderbewustzijn nog taboes kent. bron Een taboe is iets waarover je wel nadenkt maar niet over wilt praten - laat staan...
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VVD spelletjes
Afgelopen vrijdag 24 november bleek de VVD consensus om met de PVV te gaan regeren plotseling verdwenen. Velen vermoeden een VVD spelletje; waarschijnlijk omdat politiek uiteindelijk (alléén) om macht gaat. De nieuwe VVD partijleider heeft hierdoor wel mijn respect verloren. De nieuwe VVD partijleider is (mijns inziens) de hoofdverantwoordelijke voor de PVV winst....
When is our life completed?
Since several weeks, a Dutch organisation is using radio commercials to gain (financial) support for changing our laws on completed lives. The issue of completed lives is one of our last taboos. It's weird that we are allowed to kill our pets, while we are not allowed to show mercy to humans. During my 2013 burnout, I did consider ending my own life. I did not have...
LGBT is <4% of population
According to research, some 3.5% of the American people quality as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and an additional 0.2% as transgender (Williams Institute-2011). In total less than 4%. Nevertheless, many news items are about the sexual identity of this small minority. Why?? It's safe to say that sex sells, a phrase that was once used for sex in advertising and later for...
The final taboo
Recently, a friend said that (s)he wished (s)he was dead. Several years ago, someone expressed a similar wish; see my 2015 blog The road to recovery from a burn-out and depression. At my weakest moments, I have a similar feeling. Then, I remember my promise to my friend who died in 2016, and "soldier on". The 2015 blog mentioned above, refers to my 2013 burnout and...
Why is humour a taboo?
Last week, there was a row in my country due to a remark in a talk show. An old guy thought he was funny and made a rude joke. Other people felt offended. I ignore all these talk shows as any publicity is good publicity for them. The Dutch Justice Department wants to investigate if something happened 50 years ago. This Dutch row reminds me that several actors and/or...

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