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Berlin archbishop backs German boycott of US goods over Iraq war
Archbishop of Berlin Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky voiced his support for a boycott of American and British goods as German consumer fury over the brutal US-led invasion of Iraq appears to be on the rise. Speaking in an interview with the local Berlin television station SFB, Sterzinksy said that although he believed that such limited boycott actions would not seriously affect "the powerful in the US and Great Britain," he thought it would be "good as a symbolic act." Shows which side you're on, doesn't it? Although the boycotts are mainly symbolic, the German media did report about a growing number of restaurants and coffee bars in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt and several other cities where the owners have taken everything off their menus to protest against the war in Iraq. "I'd like a schnitzel, please." "No schnitzel. We're protesting." "How about some schweinehachsen?" "No schweinehachsen. We're protesting the war in Iraq." "Sauerbraten?" "No sauerbraten. We're..." "So why am I here?" In other related news, German bicycle manufacturer, Riese and Mueller GmbH, has cancelled a multi-million euro deal with its American spare parts suppliers as a result of the US aggression in Iraq. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-05 |
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