Dane'nt No Way Yer Gitting Any Pizza!
As a life-long conservative I support independent businessmen to be able to do (or not) business with anyone they like. For example, if I owned a bar, I would ban all Packers fans and Democrats from imbibing. It would be a Don't Ask Don't Get Booted policy, so as long as you don't mention the Pack or how you love raising taxes, you could stay. But open your big trap about any of that krep in MY bar and your gone.
But this is (or should be) America and a guy MIGHT be able to get away with something as kooky as that, but I was very surprised and delighted to find this great story in yesterday's WSJ: (am I starting to sound like Scott Johnson?)
A Danish court found Aage Bjerre guilty of discrimination Tuesday, and he will spend eight days in jail for refusing to serve French and German customers in his pizza shop on Denmark's Fanoe Island. Mr. Bjerre instituted the ban in 2003 to protest France and Germany's opposition to US led effort to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
The initial response in tolerant Denmark included rampant vandalism against his pizzeria. Mr. Bjerre told Ap Tuesday that while he chose jail over a $900 fine, "eight days is a small price to pay when American soldiers go to Iraq and risk their limbs and lives."
Who knew any of the Danes had a pair?
We here at Fraters would like to raise a frosty Boulevard Pale Ale to Aage Bjerre of Denmark for keeping the spirit of Barry Goldwater alive and sticking it (sticking it!) to the frogs and krauts who wanted to get a slice of pie.
Jubelråbet!
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