"First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me."

Yeah, I thought about that too. There's another good poem called Im Herzen Europas, from back when Berlin was still divided. Unfortunately, the title coincides with a fan song for a German football club, so I can't find the lyrics on the 'net.

and "what is to be done?"

We people at home are gonna keep fighting. This ain't over 'till the fat lady sings: Only one of the 19 abductees has actually been deported (that we know of).

You people abroad can do the same things you'd do to any banana republic: Boycott it. Shame it. Sue it. Picket its embassies. Picket official visits. The anti-Apartheid movement wrote the book on those things - no need to reinvent the wheel here.

And you can probably find a list of Danish companies to boycott somewhere on the 'net. A lot such lists were compiled during the Cartoon Jihad. Just make sure to send them a polite e-mail telling them the reason you are boycotting them.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.