We put all the main players of gas extraction in front of a room full of Groningers

We had to wait years for the parliamentary inquiry into gas extraction and now it is over after seven weeks. Again we have to wait until the final report is ready.
In Groningen it is now business as usual. The damage counter continues to reject damage outside the ‘impact area of ​​an earthquake’, residents wait in vain for a reinforcement report. Furthermore, it remains deafening silence and that while we now know how we have been lied to and cheated. None of those responsible traveled to Groningen afterwards to say to us: ‘Mea culpa.’

If they don’t come ourselves, we’ll go get them. Ben van Beurden, Henk Kamp, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Eric Wiebes, Mark Rutte and all those others. We put them in front of a room full of people from Groningen, without a microphone. Because those microphones are for us, to vent our hearts. They will listen, one by one.
Ingrid VerbeekLoppersum

Qatar (1)

I wholeheartedly support the motion of Don Ceder (CU) and Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (D66) to send a downsized delegation to the World Cup in Qatar. But under the leadership of Minister Christianne van der Wal. That seems to me to be an excellent delegation leader who can represent the Netherlands, without a veil, with a Dutch flag and possibly a One Love bracelet.

Put it on, Christianne. Cheering and dancing with every goal, so that we often come into the picture.
Koos PeetersDoesburg

Qatar (2)

The newspaper advises the government, on humanitarian grounds, to boycott the World Cup by not sending a delegation to Qatar. I assume the newspaper, on the same grounds, will boycott the World Cup by not sending sports reporters to Qatar.
Berl SijesAmsterdam

homophobia

The headline above the op-ed on football and inclusion reads: ‘It’s time for a fundamental conversation about homophobia and insecurity in football.’ What a special reasoning: we have had the fundamental conversation about homophobia for a long time and laid it down in numerous laws, covenants, rules of conduct, et cetera.

The fundamental conversation must mainly be conducted in fundamentalist circles. The rainbow has been embraced in our society. Keep it that way, expand and defend where necessary, also in the 21st century.
Marion Steyger, Haarlem

Tinnitus

With pleasure – and with the eternal field of crickets in my head – I read about Leon de Winter’s low carb fries. An asset, because healthier and pleasant for people with dietary requirements. Then there was also an amusement park worth 1.5 billion euros and – oh yes – probably the solution for tinnitus. But he couldn’t say anything about that yet. I understand.

I just hope that De Winter chooses his priorities well. There are plenty of amusement parks, also in the Gulf States, but there is still no solution for tinnitus. Ten to twenty percent of the Dutch suffer from it, a large part suffers (strongly) from it and a few even decide to resort to euthanasia. So Leon: hurry up and become a real hero.
Joost Hunter, naughty

headscarf

In her highly acclaimed book, Lale Gül explains that she, too, tricked people into wearing her headscarf of her own free will, just to avoid hassle.

Has this brave woman stuck her neck out for nothing to give us a humiliating insight into the urge and compulsion that women experience?
Robin OosterbeekLead

Edith Schippers

The VVD-Rutte container ship ‘Never give in’ still blocks the flow of the administrative culture. Schippers is not going to pull that off smoothly.
Kees van Pagee, Amersfoort

Reptiles

I read in the newspaper that we are ruled by reptiles and also that grass snakes are doing well. Could one have to do with the other?
André KlaassenZutphen