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Pizza Owner Charged With Discrimination (against French and Germans)
AP ^
| April 23, 2003
Posted on 04/23/2003 11:19:58 AM PDT by Shermy
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The owner of a Danish pizzeria who refused to serve German and French tourists was charged with discrimination Wednesday.
Aage Bjerre, who owns a pizzeria on Denmark's Fanoe island, was investigated by police after he began refusing to serve tourists from Germany and France in February because of their countries' lack of support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. He called them "anti-American."
No date for his trial was set, but if found guilty, he could be fined $735, said Esbjerg Deputy Chief Constable Steen Boejlund.
Bjerre was unavailable for comment Wednesday, but in an interview with The Associated Press in February, he chided France and Germany for not supporting the United States.
He displayed two homemade pictograms on the shop door, much like the ones that show the outline of a dog or a cigarette with a bar across it.
One featured the silhouette of a man colored red, yellow and black the colors of the German flag. The second was painted blue, white and red the French Tricolor. Both silhouettes had a bar across each man.
The island, 200 miles southwest of the capital, Copenhagen, is a popular spot for visitors from neighboring Germany. Of the approximately 100,000 tourists who come, some 60 percent are German. The others are mostly Scandinavians and Dutch.
There are few French visitors to the island, which has a year-round population of 3,300.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aage; aagebjerre; aagespizza; bjerre; denmark; doubleanchovies; esbjerg; eu; fanoe; france; iraq; iraqifreedom; proamericanism; war
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:19:58 AM PDT
by
Shermy
To: Dog; dighton; Grampa Dave; mhking; Ernest_at_the_Beach; heyhey; seamole; blam
Ping.
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:21:15 AM PDT
by
Shermy
(Full disclosure of Food For Oil books...No Compromise!!!)
To: Dog; dighton; Grampa Dave; mhking; Ernest_at_the_Beach; heyhey; seamole; blam
Ping.
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:21:16 AM PDT
by
Shermy
(Full disclosure of Food For Oil books...No Compromise!!!)
To: firebrand; rmlew; Cacique; Dutchy; StarFan; nutmeg; RaceBannon; Coleus; hot august night; ...
ping.
To: Shermy
Aage, How long to deliver a double pepperoni pizza? To Pittsbugh, PA. USA
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:24:14 AM PDT
by
Badray
(I won't be treated like a criminal until after they catch me and convict me.)
To: Shermy
He should of took their money and spit on their pizza ;)
To: Shermy
LOL...it'd be worth it to pay the dang fine
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:25:01 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
To: Shermy
I will be glad to ante up 1/10 of his fine if we can get FR to send him a check.
To: Shermy
Now, HERE's a friggen surprise. I'm sure the businesses boycotting Americans and British will meet with the same fate...yeah, right. Nothing will happen to them, any Europeans want to tell me I'm wrong??
To: Shermy
Can somebody who speaks the language try and track this place down using an online directory? I would like to send him a check. He can keep the pizza.
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: Citizen of the Savage Nation
If they dont want to serve me I'd rather know it at the door before I go in.
To: Shermy
I'll help pay his fine.
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: boxerblues; Registered; Diogenesis
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:28:24 AM PDT
by
Shermy
(Full disclosure of Food For Oil books...No Compromise!!!)
To: American Soldier
Excellent idea .....but I still want that pizza.
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:28:59 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: seamole
Wonder how much an large international pizza would cost? Could I send american dollars?
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:29:43 AM PDT
by
CaptainJustice
(Dangerous Jesus Lover)
To: American Soldier; knighthawk
knighthawk is the freeper in the area....
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:30:26 AM PDT
by
Dog
(Self proclaimed King of New Jersey....)
To: Shermy
Maybe we should pass the hat and send him the $735?
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posted on
04/23/2003 11:32:09 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: Shermy
In that case, French and German customers might find themselves munching down on the Booger Surprise Pizza.
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