Abolitionist and DNB president Willem Cornelis Mees brought hope and courage

It’s the cleaning years. In which greedy men finally go on the chopping block. The non-prosecution of Dutch war crimes in Indonesia at long last without hesitation is recorded. Venerable institutions, after long delay, penitently acknowledge co-responsibility for the maltreatment of child support parents in this century, or for the enslavement of fellow human beings in centuries past. Leading the way in moral matters is a Dutch hobby only when it concerns others, in distant foreign countries.

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