Aage Bjerre, the Danish pizza hero, is headed for prison:
A Danish pizzeria owner who refused to serve French and German tourists because their governments did not back the US-led war in Iraq was convicted of discrimination today.
Aage Bjerre, who owns a pizzeria on western Denmark's Fanoe island, argued the Germans and French were "anti-American".
Police were called in, and today a Danish court fined Bjerre 5000 kroner ($1200) or said he could spend a week in jail.
"I will not pay. I'll do the time," Bjerre said after the hearing. "I feel that I was convicted for supporting the coalition."
He said he had received more than 200 letters from around the world offering support, including letters from "nearly every single state in the United States".
"That means a lot more to me than losing money."
Has anyone in Europe been convicted yet for discriminating against Americans?
It's difficult to desribe this heat to someone who has never experienced anything like it, but I'll make an attempt.
You know those cold, cold winter days? Those days when you step outside, and the cold hits your body so hard that it causes you to gasp? And when your bare skin is exposed to the air, it actually hurts?
It's like that, only hot.
Do we have an address where we can send support? This is insane!