Posted on 02/05/2006 4:35:22 AM PST by Notwithstanding
John Zimmerman is right. 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?
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Yummy cookies! (There weren't that many left on the shelf, either.)
I got some of those yesterday, along with some Arla Fontina cheese. My girls were thrilled with the Knights Kingdom Lego characters I got them too.
When I explained to them why I was buying things that I normally didn't, they asked:
"Mom, can we protest again NEXT week?"
ROFL!
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It would be interesting to see how much the Islamofascit 'boycott' has RAISED the sale of Danish products worldwide!
:)
Self tak.
It sounds delicious, and would go well with RyKrisp? A nice little smorgasbord for supper sounds like a plan.
Mmmm. Havarti would be yummy with RyKrisps!
I dumped Absolute for Kettle 1 years ago.
Salute!
Then I've been supporting the Danes for years!
Ping!!
Michelle Malkin has a list:
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004455.htm
While grocery shopping this morning my wife brought home a 12 pack of Carlsberg beer for me. When she got home she asked me: "do you like this beer?" I said I was willing to try it :) Apparently our neighborhood grocery store was encouraging people to buy Danish! What a good woman I have.
Buy Danish today to support freedom of speech.
Why, it's a girlcott.
Or like the Teuts, Køtzenjømmermand.
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