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2003-02-24 Europe
On one Danish island, no pizza if you’re German or French
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Posted by Frank Martin 2003-02-24 07:55 pm|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Point taken TGA. True discrimination based on generalizations is usually ugly in reality and denigrates all involved. I would say that, while I truly abhor the Green influence in Germany and the French attempt at airs of superiority (even though it's all about ooiilllll for them), there are citizens of both countries that I love as friends and who feel about Iraq much as I do. That's the problem - all generalities are bad, right?

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Posted by Frank G  2/24/2003 8:53:57 PM||   2/24/2003 8:53:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 How would you feel if he posted "No dogs, no Jews, no Blacks?"
Oh sorry, the "No Jews" were a German speciality and the "No Blacks"... errrrr
Posted by True German Ally 2003-02-24 18:23:03||   2003-02-24 18:23:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I approve....
Posted by Ptah  2003-02-24 18:24:38||   2003-02-24 18:24:38|| Front Page Top

#4 But if you like pizzas delivered very cold but with racist spices:
Aages Pizza
v/Niels-Aage Bjerre
Fanø
ph. 75161122

I only hope that the Danish government doesn't join the peace movement or he will have to ban his own folks and eat a lot of pizza himself...
Posted by True German Ally 2003-02-24 18:37:25||   2003-02-24 18:37:25|| Front Page Top

#5 True German Ally: No pizza for you!
Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-02-24 18:38:20||   2003-02-24 18:38:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Life sucks! But where I live true Italian pizzas get delivered by rather cute italian pizza girls. I'm not terribly sad.
Posted by True German Ally 2003-02-24 18:48:01||   2003-02-24 18:48:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Well heck, I can't even get a pizza delivered to my door - talk about "sucks". The argument that he's racist may be a bit thin given the shared ancestry.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-02-24 19:07:21||   2003-02-24 19:07:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Call it xenophobic then..lol. The Danish are not very fond of Germans anyway although most of the tourists on Fano are Germans (ummm or because of that rather). They have the obnoxious way of building sand bunkers on the beaches and sticking their flag into it.
I suppose pizzaman Bjerre doesn't see a lot of French on his windswept sand island. They wine too much about the food anyway..lol
Posted by True German Ally 2003-02-24 19:44:21||   2003-02-24 19:44:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Since when is it racist to say "I dont like it when you behave in a morally reprehensible and dangerous way"? Disagreeable, sure, but racist? Is using the word "racist" a good way to stop free speech? Are people no longer free to say " I dont like you" without being painted with an epithet thet sits close to "child molester" in the accusative language of todays culture?

He's not saying that hes superior, and that germans/french are inferior, hes just saying, "Not in My Pizza Store You Dont"!

I'll start accepting German opinion on whats racism when I start seeing a few more synagogues go up in Berlin.
Posted by frank martin  2003-02-24 19:57:09|| [varifrank.blogspot.com]  2003-02-24 19:57:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Fred - RE: Your highlights. I Agree.
Posted by frank martin  2003-02-24 20:00:08|| [varifrank.blogspot.com]  2003-02-24 20:00:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Hey, I going to order a pizza-to-go from this guy! What's his phone number? A man who takes a stand---I will write this one on the calendar.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-24 18:22:45||   2003-02-24 18:22:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Frank you don't get my point. "Racist" is not the right word, blatant discrimination is. That this pizza guy dislikes Chirac and Schroeder (like I do btw) is one thing. But if he didn't like Sharon and put up a yellow star saying "no pizzas for Jews" you would certainly not applaud.
And re synagogues: They are going up in Berlin. The Germans just signed a concordat granting the Jewish religion the same privileged relationship the government has with the Catholic and Protestant faith. The intention is to bolster a stronger Jewish community.
A German pizza seller putting up signs like "no Jewish customers" (or any other nationality or race) would be fined and even imprisoned in Germany for "incitement of the people". And free speech is cherished as much in Germany as it is in the U.S.
Posted by True German Ally 2003-02-24 20:12:29||   2003-02-24 20:12:29|| Front Page Top

#13 Point taken TGA. True discrimination based on generalizations is usually ugly in reality and denigrates all involved. I would say that, while I truly abhor the Green influence in Germany and the French attempt at airs of superiority (even though it's all about ooiilllll for them), there are citizens of both countries that I love as friends and who feel about Iraq much as I do. That's the problem - all generalities are bad, right?

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Posted by Frank G  2003-02-24 20:53:57||   2003-02-24 20:53:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Well, TGA is probably right. We let emotion of the moment take over. The pizza man should just have a sign saying that he reserves the right to serve Chiraq or Schroeder if they misbehave in his shop. All kidding aside, point well taken, says this fellow of Jewish heritage.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-24 22:17:43||   2003-02-24 22:17:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Ok, I think we are all on the same page here. I dont think the "Danish Pizza Guy" is necessarily a "Racist". I do think he's used an elephant gun where a flyswatter would probably have been sufficient.

I cede the point.

Desireable as it is, probably not a good idea. Fun? yeah,sure but good idea?, no.

Posted by frank martin  2003-02-24 22:53:46|| [varifrank.blogspot.com]  2003-02-24 22:53:46|| Front Page Top

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