Skarpi, you've really gone over the top on this. Plenty of us oppose our government's approach on Iraq etc. We also oppose YOUR government's attitude to hunting whales. The two are not mutually incompatible.

As we've pointed out, there is a huge difference beetween hunting a limited resource of wild animals and breeding animals specifically for meat. We're never likely to exterminate cows; we have already almost exterminated several species of whale, and severely depleted many species of fish.

I think that the issue here is nationalism. We've touched a raw nerve by criticising what you see as a small defenceless country, and you just verbally kick out. Don't do it. It's paranoid behaviour, and chauvinism is never a sensible response.

There are many hungry people in Africa. Does that mean it's OK to exterminate elephants and rhinos?

In the meantime, I will pledge NOT to visit Iceland, Norway or Japan until they have their minds sorted out, and whenever possible I will avoid trading with them. Which means I'll hacve to get a new antivirus when my subscription to F-Prot runs out.