A rather short Belmont post, "Danish Solodarity Dinner", read as follows:

Those who want to support the Danes for their defense of freedom of speech can serve Samizdata's sample menu. Nope. Not just butter cookies and canned ham.

I replied with an excerpt from my "Will the Boycott of Danish Goods Work?"

With all the apologies and recriminations and warnings flying back and forth, scant attention has been devoted to the question of whether boycotts even work and if so, how well. At first it seems like a no-brainer. In theory, you stop buying goods from some offensive or obnoxious company or country and you hit them where it hurts- in the pocketbook. In practice, it is not that simple. Here is a sample of abstracts taken from three research papers published in the last several years on the efficacy of boycotts, research that points out the need for patience, a carefully-crafted strategy for the management of public perception, and a sophisticated understanding of the incentive structure of the target. One other aspect of the story that is not being discussed is that it was the Danes that led a boycott of their own against a highly unpopular Middle Eastern country in 2002 - Israel.