Liberals’ Spokesman: Arla is free to move to Teheran
In response to Arla Foods’ bowing before the dictators of the Middle East, Jens Rohde who is the Political Spokesman for the ruling Liberal party, today suggested that Arla might feel more at home in Teheran.
Interview from Berlingske Tidende, March 21st:
“Arla is free to move to Teheran”
By Morten HenriksenInterview
Arla is free to move their “main offices to Teheran if they feel like it. There they would be free to do business in a culture with which they are apparently more attuned than the Danish,” says the Political Spokesman of the Liberals, Jens Rohde, in a scathing condemnation of Arla’s latest marketing ploy in the Middle East.
Arla’s dearly bought full-page ads in 25 Arab newspapers, which was supposed to entice the angry Moslem consumers to yet again buy the dairy company’s cheese and butter, has instead summoned the wrath of the Political Spokesman of the Liberals, Jens Rohde. He thinks Arla’s ads are an expression of a “pityful genuflection” before the angry Moslems who for nearing on two months have refused to buy Danish goods in response to the Muhammed cartoons. In the ads, Arla directly addresses the Moslem consumers saying that “we understand and respect your reaction which led to the boycott of our products as a result of the irresponsible and unfortunate incident.”“Arla is within their rights to say and think what they want. They are also free to move their main offices to Teheran, if they feel like it. There they would be free to do business in a culture with which they are apparently more attuned than the Danish. Arla would be willing to barter their grandmother to sell their goods in countries ruled by dictators,” Jens Rohde says of the dairy company which so far has lost 400 million Danish Crowns due to the boycott.
Doesn’t Arla need to be supported in the present situation?
“Do they need to be supported? Denmark needs to be supported. And it is imperative that we hold onto our principles. If you’re willing to throw away our values, no support will be forthcoming from me. Arla seems to think that limits on Denmark are for the better.”
Limits on what?
“Limits on what you can say about Islam. Arla wants to limit other people’s Freedom of Speech in Denmark to sell their goods in the Middle East. I have no sympathy for that. My liberties are not as cheap as two litres of milk. If they would rather sell their milk in the Middle East, I have no problem with that,” Jens Rohde says.
So what are you saying?
“I just simply can’t understand that our principles are taken so lightly. You know what? Arla couldn’t run their business if they weren’t running on Freedom. I think they’re selling our liberties and our culture for their milk. I have no respect for that.”
Are you saying that Arla is working against offical Danish policy, which is to stop the boycott?
“Arla is not running our Foreign Ministry, so they are allowed to do all the ads they like. But I think it is a pityful genuflection before reactions which are entirely unreasonable in contrast to the 12 cartoons. Whatever happened to proportional response? People have their hands cut off and homosexuals are lynched and executed in the middle of the street. Women are being stoned for being unfaithful to their men. General oppression rules. There’s no Freedom of Speech. There’s no Freedom of Religion in the Moslem countries. There’s nothing of that which is the foundation of our way of life in Europe. Our good life and the way Arla does business. All of that appears not to matter to them. And we go and apologise in the Middle East for our way of being in Denmark? I can only say that I don’t hope Arla think they’re speaking for me.”
Jens Rohde is no dhimmi. The West needs many more like him.
Comment by John Sobieski — March 21, 2006 @ 2:14 pm
Gnæk! *g* Whataguy.
Comment by asksome — March 21, 2006 @ 4:46 pm
Bravo,Jens Rohde! Now there’s a man with moral clarity! Bravo and stand firm. Arla is dhimmifying the whole country with their wishy-washy genuflection to the Middle East. Now I won’t buy anymore Danish cheese, not if it’s produced by Arla!
Comment by foreign devil — March 21, 2006 @ 4:55 pm
How does that old adage go? “May the dhimmi who welcomes the debull with arms awide be crushed underfoot like a California seedless in the summer’s busiest produce aisle.”
Comment by demohypocrates — March 22, 2006 @ 2:38 am
The government of Denmark put Denmark at war when they sidled up to Bush and Blair. A country at war normally suspends any freedom of the press, usually taking control of the press as a propaganda machine. The publication of the cartoons was merely a trigger point for the enemy reaction (all muslims).
Fogh, Rohde et al are Marxists, not of the Karl Marx type but followers of the Marx brothers, Groucho, Chico etc. Complete buffoons.
Comment by Eric Meakin — March 22, 2006 @ 8:23 am
As a famous man once said: “You sir, are an idiot”. If any is in doubt this is directed at the Traitor Eric Meakin, I wish you be born in Iran in your next life.
Comment by Canman — March 22, 2006 @ 7:04 pm
then at least I could enjoy the weather, but then I may have to hide behind my Nom de Plume as you sir. by the way, traitor to what?
Comment by Eric Meakin — March 22, 2006 @ 7:31 pm
I think I agree with Eric Meakin, after all, if Adolf Hitler, after invading Poland had expected all the remaining Polish Jews to buy Volkswagens, it would have been a similar situation.
Comment by bettina — March 26, 2006 @ 1:55 pm
Bullshit
Comment by zorro — March 28, 2006 @ 6:57 pm