Posts Tagged ‘Amsterdam’

Euro’s love them some soccer. Amsterdam has been overtaken this weekend by a beer guzzling, whore mongering heard of costumed Dutch and Scottish 25-35 year old guys. Evidently there is a big ‘football’ game between Scotland and The Netherlands. The closest thing I’ve seen to this in America are the Oakland Raiders tailgate parties or the USC football games.

Mostly Scottish revelers overtook Dam Square (pictured) all of Saturday and left it littered with beer bottles and boxes.

Kilt wearing Scot’s getting plastered in Dam Square

Dutch supporters in an alley off of Dam Square, going into the Red Light District

More Drunken Dutch near Dam Square

Bagpipe playing Scot in a Red Light District Coffee Shop

An interesting story I was sent by a reader, which I have fact checked by calling into the main Amsterdam Police Headquarters:

When you travel to Amsterdam in The Netherlands, you can legally pay for sex in the famed ‘Red Light District‘. However if you are ripped off by a prostitute, you have no recourse other than to sue her in civil court. You cannot complain to the owner of the building or the police. You can enter a room, agree on a price, hand her the money, and then have her flatly say to you ‘leave now, I am keeping your money’ and there is nothing that can be done-other than you taking her to civil court.

The person who sent me this was evidently also attacked while arguing with a girl there over her ripping him off, and he reported both the theft and the assault to police in Amsterdam-they would do nothing about either incident other than recommend he find legal counsel and sue the woman in court. What assets is a prostitute going to have to sue for exactly?

A terrible law in my view, and one paid little attention because – much like smoking, or porn – there are few advocates for consumers being abused-as most people are not proud of the fact that they are consumers-many probably wishing they were not.