I got a whale killing email this morning. Here:
"Stop whaling in Iceland! ´Global` boycott against products, ´made in Iceland`
Dear ladies and gentleman,
I am hereby informing you of my intention to join the European-wide boycott against Iceland because of its policy of non-stop whaling.
Our appeal to the Icelandic government is simple; stop the scientific whaling in Iceland immediately.
Until Iceland stops the whaling I will not buy any products from Iceland, I will not take any vacation in Iceland or visit the country for any reason, as long as Iceland continues this whaling. I will inform all international tour operators, hotels and anyone who are partners of tourism in Iceland, that we are making this boycott.
Until Iceland stops the whaling, I’ll place no more money with an Icelandic bank.
I will also boycott any company who are in business with Icelandic companies, I will not purchase any of their produces. Even if they are European companies, who work together with Iceland, I will also inform them of this boycott.
I will also lobby the E.U commission that Iceland should not become a member until they stop the whaling.
I’ll continue with all these boycotts until Iceland stop the slaughter.
I’ll inform all my friends and the media about these boycotts against Iceland and I am sure, they will follow me.
We would, however, like to encourage Iceland to use the whales to introduce whale watching in its own country, this is already a booming business internationally.
Therefore, we would like to ask you, to promote the immediate termination of the scientific whaling programme of your
government, so that you won’t have to suffer heavy financial losses yourselves.
Thank you for your understanding.
Greetings"
My reply:
"Hello there.
Our nation does some whaling, minke whaling to be precize, some 30 animals annually out of the rough 800.000 in the seas.
The minke whales inside our waters are estimated to gobble up more fish than our entire fishing fleet.
We are one of the smalles whaling nations in the world.
We also probably have the worst banking system in the world right now.
So, boycott our banks, I will still happily eat my whale roast without blushing, while chuckling over foolish boycott propoganda like this.
BOYCOTT SPAMMERS!"