Posted on 01/30/2006 3:59:54 PM PST by pending
BUY DANISH [Michael Ledeen] The wonderful Judith Klinghoffer has it right: we must all support Denmark against the intimidation of the crazy muslim fundamentalists. And it's one of those times when we can do well by doing good: Eat Danish! Wear Danish! Danish furniture is the coolest!
Here's what Judith says in response to the Muslim boycott of Denmark, all because a Danish newspaper dared to publish a cartoon that was, in Muslim eyes, insufficiently respectful of the Prophet: The Muslim countries have chosen to pressure liberal little Denmark in order to teach the media and governments which stand by them a lesson, which does not bode well for free speech or satire. Kuwait has joined the Saudi boycott (the Saudi market alone is worth 1.2 billion) and I suspect the rest will follow. So, here is a plea from my Danish friends: "If you americans look with this great sympathy on our case, couldn't you then raise a consumer support of DK in the US? The opposite of a boycott. A movement of: "Buy Danish!" Please? "You can easily eat and digest all our famous danish cheese at your millions of breakfast-tables from Seattle to Atlanta. Then the boycott (which is escalating fast down there now) will be harmless." Well, we can and should. In fact the idea immediately occurred to the readers of Charles of LGF who was kind enough to post the news about the Saudi boycott on his popular site. They recommended you buy not only the always delicious Danish butter cookies but also:
Danish Havarti cheese Carlberg and Tuborg Beers. Arla owns White Clover Dairy, a Wisconsin company, so buy that brand. Danish hams... baby back ribs, because they come from Denmark. You shop online at The Danish Foodshop. Posted at 09:01 AM
THOSE CARTOONS: IT'S NOT JUST BOYCOTTS [Andrew Stuttaford] From CBC News this morning: "Masked gunmen stormed an office used by the European Union in Gaza City on Monday to protest cartoons published in Denmark and Norway."
Ha ha.
I actually had to think about it...lets see Dutch=Holland
Dane=Denmark.
Right?
Doh.
What the heck is an amsterdam?
British water stopping rodent pile?
Heh. I do seriously like this anti boycott idea though.
Be nice if BOR or somesuch grabs onto it, the numbers spike, gets on the Danes news radar.
Carlsberg makes a beer called Elephant that is both appropriate and delicious. Try some--you'll like it. One of my favorites.
That' goin' on the back of my SUV.
Thanks. Gonna load up. Maybe they will see the truth through their Beer numbers.
bump for later
Danish ham is excellent and is available at my local supermarket. I'll make a point of eating more. This will be doubly offensive to the Jihadists: it's Danish and its pork.
We call it elephant because it kicks you in the ass.
I own a time share in Curacao and I drink a lot of Amstel beer. Does that count?
Dild Aquavit is pure gold. Nothing on this planet tastes better with salmon or other seafood.
Hmmm... perhaps a trip to the outlet mall is in order.
I don't see why we should support them. There are several reasons:
- they can support themselves, right? Don't need anything from Uncle Sam and his nephews/neices which is why they're so comfortable continually spitting in our faces, right?
- they caved in.
I understand that we are committed to an idea, not to this ridiculous European people, but enough, already. Learn your lessons and remember who your friends are. Tall order if you're European, but hey, don't they say hope is on the way?
Well, they sure gave the Britons, Picts, Celts, Angles and Saxons a tough time about 1500 years ago, but they've come around since then, eh?
Mmmmmm, vodka . . . must have martini . . .
Be very careful.
http://www.distillers.dk/show.asp?id=1260
Do you know anything about DPA microphones?
I don't think that the Islamists eat baby back pork ribs.
http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/about.html
Aalborg aquavit, beer, and herrings.
Truly the food of the gods. Especially the gods who like naps.
The Danish Flag....think it might be offensive to a certain group too?
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