The Pappenheimers is a famous quiz show on Belgian state TV.

On November 28, 2010 one of the contestants was the President of the Flemish parliament in Belgium; Jan Peter Peumans

When asked which nation was the most disgusting on the face of earth in famous French philosopher Voltaire's opinion during the "De Pappenheimers" quiz show on the VRT channel on Sunday, Peumans -- who is also a member of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) -- said that among the choices presented to him -- "Flemish, Jews or Turks" -- he knew the answer was Jews, but because he "did not have the courage to say anything against them" he would say Turks instead.

"I really knew it [correctly] but I do not have any courage to say something new about Jews. They are very sensitive people. I once said something about their liberalism and it really caused me a lot of trouble," Peumans had said. Following his words, film director Jan Eelen, another contestant, told Peumans that "it appears saying something against Turks is not a problem, then."

Submitted by andie531 on Thu, 2010-12-02 22:29

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