Remember, take away oil out of the GDP of Arab Muslim countries, and combined their GDP is about the size of Spain's. Combine that with the fact they dont buy much from Denmark anyway, and you can see how irrelevant any boycott from the Arabs would be. But if the demand for Danish goods in an economy the size of the United States's changes even by a miniscule amount, it makes an enormous impact on Danish firms' bottom lines.
Judith Apter Klinghoffer
"BUY DANISH" IS MAKING ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE
Our "Buy Danish" campaign is making a real economic difference, reports JP. Morgen, who runs the
Buy Danish website, was kind enough to translate. Here goes:
Buy Danish campaign exploding on the Internet
On Google more than 100.000 pages is the result when searching for "Buy Danish"
The giant markets in the USA and Germany can give Danish companies a boost that supersedes the losses from the Arab boycott, shows the latest predictions from Arla, Lego and Carlsberg. This is confirmed by Danish professor Dominique Bouchet: "Certainly it can have an effect - the current situation is very unusual, and many people oppose the radical Islamic reaction and boycott.
One of the many web pages pledging for a support in favor of Danish products is www.americanthinker.com.: "Tell the world that you love Havarti Cheese, Lego, George Jensen design etc." the editor writes.
Many fear that if the Islamic boycot proves its effect, it will be used as a weapon again and again.
Many fear that if the Islamic boycott proves its effect, it will be used as a weapon again and again.
"Remember, Denmark was only Nazi-occupied country that came out of world war 2 with an impeccable reputation. The Danes smuggled the Jews out to neutral Sweden, thereby saving them from concentration camps" says the American Thinker
Now, this is real people power. Keep it up.
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