Is Amsterdam turning into a prudish backwater?是阿姆斯特丹变成一个prudish回水？
By通过 Frank Scimone坦率地奥•西蒙 | The owners of cafés in the centre of Amsterdam are again up in arms against what they say is the umpteenth attempt to turn the city into a prudish provincial backwater. | 业主的咖啡馆在阿姆斯特丹的中心，又在武器反对什么，他们说是umpteenth企图把城市变成一个prudish省回水。
A majority of the Amsterdam district council ‘Amsterdam Centrum’ have voted in favour of a measure that would forbid customers from sitting outside on a terrace past midnight.大多数的阿姆斯特丹区议会'阿姆斯特丹中枢'投赞成票的措施将禁止顾客从外面就坐在阳台过去的午夜十二时。 A Dutch newspaper says the centre of Amsterdam is moving another step towards becoming a ‘Staphorst on the Amstel’.一家荷兰报纸说，阿姆斯特丹的中心，正朝着另一个一步成为' staphorst上的Amstel ' 。 Staphorst is considered the most strict and devout Calvinist town in the Netherlands. staphorst被认为是最严格和虔诚的calvinist城市在荷兰。
Council ruling 安理会裁决
Previously the district council ruled that customers cannot drink while standing.以往的区议会裁定，客户可以不喝酒，而常委会。 The free newspaper De Pers quotes an owner of a pub in Amsterdam, who says with a deep sigh:免费的报纸德属寻获一拥有一个酒吧在阿姆斯特丹，谁说了深刻的感叹：
“Now we’ll have to hire an extra employee to act as a sort of police officer who will walk around seeing to it that customers don’t drink while standing. “现在，我们将有聘请额外的雇员，以作为一种警务人员，谁将会走动看到给它的客户不要喝，而常委会。 They will also have to ensure that customers are gone (from the terrace) by midnight… when they’d rather sit there until four.” Earlier, the council ruled that outside terraces cannot be heated because it is a waste of energy and hence environmentally unfriendly. 他们也将确保客户了， （从阳台）午夜…当他们宁愿坐在那里，直到四 “ 。早些时候，安理会裁定以外的梯田不能激烈，因为它是一种浪费能源和环境，因此不友好的。
Conflict with businesses 冲突与企业
In recent years the district council, which was founded in 2002, has come into conflict with the owners of pubs, cafés and nightclubs as well as members of the gay community who say that a mania for rules and regulations is making Amsterdam prudish, provincial and boring.在近年来，区议会，这是成立于2002年，已生效的冲突与业主的酒馆，咖啡厅和夜总会，以及该协会成为会员，同性恋社区谁说，一个躁狂症为规则和规例正在阿姆斯特丹prudish ，省和令人厌烦的。
The district council has also been criticised for ordering the closure of 150 terraces, banning the construction of new hotels and organising fewer events.区议会也受到批评，供订购关闭150梯田，禁止兴建新的酒店和举办的活动较少。
“Cleaning up” the Red Light District “清理”酒绿灯红区
The Amsterdam City Council is also in the process of “cleaning up” the city.阿姆斯特丹市议会亦是在这个过程中的“清洁”的城市。 Permits for a large numbers of rooms in the Red Light District, where prostitutes stand behind windows, are being rescinded.许可证，大量的客房在红灯区，妓女的立场，仅次于Windows ，现予撤销。
The rooms are being turned into fashion shops and the women replaced by mannequins in designer clothes.客房正在变成时装商店和妇女所取代mannequins在设计师的衣服。 Recently the town council ordered the closure of the famous sex club Yab Yum as well as the live-sex theatre Casa Rosso .最近，市议会下令关闭了著名的色情俱乐部yab荫 ，以及为生活-性别剧院家红牛 。
One website which has collected thousands of signatures protesting against the council’s policies writes:一个网站，其中收集了数以千计的签名，抗议安理会的政策中写道：
“This is where Rembrandt rose to fame, Michiel de Ruyter departed for his epic journeys, the great author Descartes wrote his best works and (besides Paris) the first city to erect lights…we were then progressive. “这是伦勃朗上升到名利，米切尔德ruyter离开他的史诗行程，伟大的作者笛卡儿写道，他最好的作品和（除了巴黎）第一城竖立灯… …我们当时的进步。 Now…our city seems more like a provincial village than one with the allure of an international metropolis…The beautiful vibrant city centre is being literally paralysed. 现在…我们的城市，似乎更像一个省级村比1与魅力的国际大都会…美丽的充满活力的城市中心正在从字面上瘫痪。 A city is a city with all of its achievements, as well as its bad habits…When someone moves to the country he can’t ask for a ban on fertiliser, roosters and mooing… Amsterdam should remain Amsterdam. 一个城市是一个城市与它的所有成就，以及其坏习惯…当有人的举动，给国家，他不能要求禁止对化肥，公鸡和mooing …阿姆斯特丹应保持阿姆斯特丹。 A fantastic place where for centuries freedom and individual development have been of paramount importance.” 一神奇的地方，数百年的自由和个人发展已具有至高无上的重要性“ 。
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I used to be a regular visitor until 2003.我从前是一个经常的访客，直至2003年。 That’s when I realised the old place was dying from this right-wing upsurge in regulation and pomposity.这时候我意识到旧的地方，是垂死从这个右翼的高潮在规管及pomposity 。 I haven’t been back since but I have watched from afar.我并没有回到以来，但我曾经看过从远处。 Yes it is turning and has been for quite a while.是的，这是转折，并一直相当长的一段时间。