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| Cartoonifada Danegeld backlash successful |
| 2006-10-03 |
| Hattip Best of the Web James Taranto writes: London's Guardian has a follow-up report on the conflagration that began with a Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. It sounds as though efforts to boycott Denmark were not terribly effective: While Danish milk products were dumped in the Middle East, fervent rightwing Americans started buying Bang & Olufsen stereos and Lego. In the first quarter of this year Denmark's exports to the US soared 17%. The British writer Christopher Hitchens organised a buy-Danish campaign. Among the thousands of emails sent to Rose [the newspaper editor who published the Mohammed cartoons] was one from an American soldier serving in Iraq. "He told me he was sitting in Iraq, watching a game of football and drinking a can of Carlsberg," Rose said. The article goes on to talk about the fall-out from the Cartoonifada: European politics turning rightward as the peepul realize there are real risks from allowing masses of unassimilated Muslims to colonize, the colonists feeling a bit less comfortable about future trends... all the while the journalist striving mightily to make these same Muslim colonists appear colourful, quaint and as charmingly harmless as a Gypsy caravan. |
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| #3 Good catch, PlanetDan! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-03 23:16 |
| #2 fervent rightwing Americans fascinating. So a reasonable show of solidarity against a completely ridiculous (and dangerous) threat to our western values of freedom of expression is now considered "fervent rightwing." Wow. What a rag the guardian is. And I wouldn't care, except there are those who read it. And believe it. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-10-03 22:26 |
| #1 In the first quarter of this year Denmark's exports to the US soared 17%. Right on! Go Denmark. Go America! Harfed a couple of Tuborg lagers last night, I did! Some of the best damn brew you can pour down your neck. When one of our allies comes under fire for supporting such a critical issue as freedom of speech, we must all rise to the occasion and make an undeniable gesture of solidarity. Putting our money where our mouth is cannot be interpreted any other way. As someone of Danish descent, I thank all fellow Americans for this demonstration of support. I will do my best to continue assisting the Danish brewers, HIC! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-03 20:46 |