Fight the boycott — buy Danish
Janus reported on a strange thing that is happening right now: Danish dairy products are being boycotted by several Arab countries because Jyllands-Posten, a major Danish newspaper, printed twelve pictures of the prophet Muhammad.
As Stéphanie argues on his page, freedom of speech is not meant to be used to insult other people. The pictures can, for example, be found here and I can fully understand that they are insulting for a believing muslim since they depict Muhammad as a terrorist and oppressor of women.
But still, buycutting products from random Danish companies is not going to help — it is only going to get innocent people fired, the first 100 employees in Arla has already been laid off. If you must, then attack JP, write letters to your local newspapers and so, but don’t blame the Danish government or Danish companies for something they didn’t do.
Just wanted to add that the insult started on a way more fundamental level, namely that the Islam does not allow to have/make pictures of Muhammed (similar to the bible that states the same about God — when still there are tons of pictures and figures of God in Catholicism. I know :) But that’s not the topic, is it.) and that JP is not only blunt enough to do that but mock that prohibition.
To make things clear: I’m neither Danish nor muslim and I’m not taking sides — nor do I defend anyone. From my point of view they’re both so wrong (hey - I can see you smiling at this! :P).
Hi all you good people og Buy Danish - thanks for your support, wee need it. It warms my heart to read all the nice mails. Islamic fanatism is terrible. The arab world is a poor f.anatic place, poor people in these countries. THANK YOU