I understand what both Skarpi and Bee are saying.

If the author was talking too Icelander's or, in any real sense, about Icelander's, I would agree wholeheartedly. In actuality, Iceland is in no way the subject of the article--he could have used Disney World instead.

Satire and sarcasm are legitimate means of expression, and they are ALWAYS contextual, and are directed at an audience that can be expected to understand that context.

My hometown newspaper is now available on the web and anybody in the world CAN read it. It is there for the world to see, but not directed at the world. I would hate to think that the people who r\write for that paper could not longer talk to me within the contextual richness of my community becaause some one in another land might pull the article up on the web and misunderstand.

Janie