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Willem Oltmans

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The Resume

    (June 10, 1925-September 30, 2004)
    Wrote Beatrix my friend, Sukarno my friend

Why he might be annoying:

    He was arrogant.
    He was pompous.
    He was peremptoriness.
    His ideas and theories were sometimes base on his paranoia.
    He was aggressive.
    He occasionally smoked cigars.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was openly gay and was not reticent in talking about (his) sexuality.
    He angered the Dutch government, which cost him his journalistic position, by writing a book about Indonesian president Sukarno.
    Because he was unable to fulfill his job in a decent way he had to live on alimony.
    After a judicial battle of several years he got 16.1 million guilders from the Dutch government as a compensation of not being able to do his job.
    He did not believed anything others said until he checked it out for himself.
    He defended his theories and ideas using strong arguments.
    He was not intimidated by the Dutch government and stayed true to his principles.

Credit: Pietje


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 69 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 55 Votes: 65.45% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 72.06% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 106 Votes: 71.70% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 163 Votes: 74.85% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 59 Votes: 61.02% Annoying