Hollands Minister of Justice engages in 'rap-off'

[GirlinContempt]

with the mayor of Maastricht over drug laws.

For serious.

http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/27/wduel27.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/27/ixportal.html

http://www.justitie.nl/nieuws/60225_De_Don.asp

http://www.nos.nl/nosjournaal/artikelen/2006/2/25/250206_politiek_rapt.html

[Ravenseye]

1. Rap isn't music

:hide:

[GirlinContempt]

2. Tell that to the fucking justice minister of Holland

:rofl:

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3. kick

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13. ,

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4. Holland is Hardcore, bitches

word

or "wijrd" in Dutch

[GirlinContempt]

5. The dutch will bring the rhymes

aw yea

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Haha, that is awesome!

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7. That it is

That said, I'm glad they don't do that here. The sight of Joe Lieberman rapping about the dangers of video games isn't something I wanna see anytime soon.

[GirlinContempt]

8. Come ON

As IF you wouldn't vote for the rappin' senator or M.C. Supreme Court

[mainegreen]

9. The Dutch are the nerdiest bunch of nerds in the world!

I should know. I am one! :7

[GirlinContempt]

10. nerd rap is hot

[asthmaticeog]

11. I just peed a little.

Also, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Thank god I didn't just pee in my mouth a little.

[GirlinContempt]

12. !

:rofl: :loveya:

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14. Not enough people 'get' this

:P

[EstimatedProphet]

15. This is like that new Volkswagen ad, isn't it?

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17. ?

[EstimatedProphet]

19. The new Volkswagen ad

It has a guy and a young woman, both very Sprockets-German, dressed all in white and in a white room, quoting rap phrases in a German accent about volkswagen. Very surreal.

[GirlinContempt]

20. Damn I can't find the ad anywhere

[EstimatedProphet]

21. They've only been on for a few days on cable

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22. Yeah but you'd think they'd have it on their site

[GirlinContempt]

23. Wait wait, is THIS it?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=70722051211331357&q=VW
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1948433946923483148

[EstimatedProphet]

24. Yup. Them's the ones. There's another one out there too, about the same

[GirlinContempt]

25. Those are amazing

You're a hero for pointing them out to me. I don't have TV, I woulda totally missed them.

[Mizmoon]

16. Ever since I learned that the Dutch once killed & ate their Prime Minister

I've had a profound respect for them.

[GirlinContempt]

18. Here's the best translation I could find

from Metafilter:

Mayor Gerd Leers & De Heideroosjes - "Dat is toch dope man"

DE HEIDEROOSJES:

The government says: "you can't smoke weed, but we won't take you to task"
Shops can sell it, but where it comes from - don't ask!
You can smoke it, but cultivation is prohibited
I think that's strange - how can something that doesn't exist be legally distributed?

CHORUS:
Man, isn't it dope?
That you can just light up a joint
As long as the grower remains unseen
Wee-duh-wee-duh-wee-duh-weed

So now, don't be such a hypocrite
Half-assed tolerance won't solve anything
Would that I ruled things
'Cause this uptight policy just stinks

It shouldn't come as a surprise
That alcohol is a hard drug in many people's eyes
It's been legal since day and age, hasn't it?
So why go ballistic over CAN-NA-BIS!

This policy rewards the criminal alone
I haven't got a degree in this, but this policy I call stoned!

CHORUS

MAYOR GERD LEERS:

My name is Gerd Leers, Maastricht mayor; my creed
Is to get get more kiddos off the weed
Eight thousand kilos coming in each year
More than a million come to obtain it here

Illegal growers we cannot control
Repression is no option, no law can meet that goal

I say: regulate, and pass legislation
To cut down on costs inessential to this nation

Then police and growers won't have to play catch
And to the strength of the stuff rules can be attached

Let's go to work with a clear policy
We'll put it to the test, and then we will see

DE HEIDEROOSJES:

CHORUS

Legalise and regulate
Wee-duh-wee-duh-wee-duh-weed

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Minister of justice Piet Hein Donner (aka "The Don")

MEESTER G:

Binnenhof represent
The Don

MINISTER PIET HEIN DONNER:

In this land of sixteen million
Everyone has their own intention
Where everyone wants to try
But no-one wants to be patronised

In this land of the sixteen million wise
I ask: what do you intend to surmise?
The joint, the blunt, it brought us to fame
But the downsides, they never get named

CHORUS:
This is Donner of Justice, speaking
Together with police we are working
So throw that dope in the dump
'Cause an addict Netherlands
Is something I'd rather not be seeing

All that blow's just gonna make you slow
So don't go being lame and stealing the show
Don't take drugs so lightly, get a clue
Be prepared for once, to learn a thing or two

Regulation will prove an unacceptable cost
It'll turn sour what sweet once was
With criminals lurking everywhere you look
It doesn't seem the way to go in my book

More and more seedlings under lamps' glow
Well the back door, I say, shall remain closed!
As confused as policy may sometimes seem
In this matter, firm I must be

CHORUS

Everywhere you look you see the rubbish growing
Home-growing's getting out of hand
And all the while the prisons are overflowing
All because of this simple hemp plant

Only a few enjoy the money they gross
The rest of them are pale as ghosts
So those attics will have to be cleaned out
It's not something I'd feel right being silent about

Yes, we want the drugs off the streets
We're done talking, now let's be concrete
Dope smokers, you'd better take note!

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/49569