It's a matter of principle.

[FishForLunch]

This guy really loves Americans

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Pizzeria owner who banned French and Germans opts for jail

A court in Denmark has upheld a sentence against a Danish pizzeria owner who had refused to serve French and German tourists because their governments opposed the US-led war in Iraq.

Denmark's Western High Court upheld a lower court ruling issued two months ago that ordered Aage Bjerre to pay a £500 fine or serve an eight-day prison sentence.

"I will not pay the fine, but I'll do the time instead," Bjerre said. "It's a matter of principle."

Bjerre was fined for refusing to sell pizza to German and French tourists, whom he called "anti-American." Bjerre appealed to the Western High Court but lost.

Bjerre said he lost at least £5,000 because of a drop in business and from vandalism to his shop on Fanoe island in western Denmark. He has received about 300 letters of support from around the world.

Earlier this month, Bjerre sold his pizzeria because police threatened to seize his restaurant permit if the ruling was upheld. But he vowed to pursue his pro-American crusade by selling frozen pizzas on the Internet.

"My home page will say clearly: no pizzas to the Germans or the French," Bjerre said.

Bjerre said he would stop the boycott only "if the governments of France and Germany change their attitude toward the United States and support Washington wholeheartedly."

Fanoe island, 200 miles southwest of the capital, Copenhagen, is a popular spot for visitors from neighbouring Germany. Of the approximately 100,000 tourists who come, 60 percent are German. There are few French visitors to the island, which has a year-round population of 3,300.