> I seem to recall there was a certain William of Orange

which one? we got quite a few of those :)

> came from the
> Netherlands. Northern Ireland is still suffering from his callous acts
> there.

Your fault, you borrowed that guy because you ran out of suitable
monarchs yourself. But IIRC he was only following the long-established
policy anyway.

But if we get to those times: IIRC the Dutch invented the profitable
three-way sea voyage which involved (in one of the legs) bringing slaves
from Afrika to the new world.

Wouter van Ooijen

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