His reply was gold:
Feeling insulted is a choice.
And how people react to that, shows their personality…
By that same token (and logic), getting punched in the face (or punching people) in return for the insult is a choice too.
And that punch could take many forms. It could take the form of trade boycotts of ABN AMRO, Rabobank, Royal Dutch Shell and Phillips. In Muslims economies like in the gulf.
Boycott of ports like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Alkmaar, Breskens, Den Helder, Dordrecht, Harlingen, Moerdijk. Rotterdam, Vlaardingen.
Those could be costly - eh?
Little tiny EU countries should consider all these factors before getting bigger than their britches, especially now.
Selling cookies, tulips, dairy and other crap to Asia could become questionable.
The Chinese have started to make cruise ships, and that business is gone too.
How far do the Dutch want to take this remains to be seen.