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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."
Croissants were created by the Albanians (or was that Armenians) as a way of showing contempt for the moslems of the ottoman empire. The cresent shape being eaten was a symbolic ottomon symbol being destroyed.
Just an FYI for all.
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Taeler du Dansk?
The Danes take their pigs seriously. The Danish Landrace breed was bred to have an extra vertebra (and therefore, 2 extra pork chops per pig!!)
Ja, men nu har det vaeret 40 aar siden jeg var fludende.Jeg kender godt Carlsberg og Tuborg!
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LEGO rules! I love it!
Fantastic stuff, indeed...
You have to give the Danes a lot of credit, they have guts, like their viking forebears. They defied Hitler and saved a lot of their Jews. It's the stuff of legend, but when the Nazi occupiers ordered all Danish Jews to wear a yellow star, Denmark's Queen put one on, and the next day, every Dane was wearing the star.
We should all take up pipe smoking in honor of the Danes. Denmark is the pipesmoking capital of the world, with more pipesmokers per capita than any other country. Their tobacco tends to be overly flavored with artificial flavoring, but they make some fabulous pipes.
At the lower end is Stanwell and Nording. For those with extra money to spend, maybe lots of extra money to spend, there's Peter Heeschen, Jess Chonowitch (yes, he's a Dane) Teddy Knudson, Tomas Eltang, and a host of others.
Wasn't that awesome? I remember my mother telling me about that.
Danes rock BUMP.
Now, even more delicious!
Any Danish wine.
I think that this is a worthy idea, and I made purchases of some Danish food items to this end. If we can get even a small amount of Americans to follow suit, then I think that would help redress the losses that Danish companies are seeing in the Mideast.
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