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Endangered is indeed the wrong word I guess. What i was trying to convey is that the only reason to whaling seems to be tourism[1], and if you think whaling is a bad thing (which I think it is, as it is pretty cruel), you as a tourist can have a direct effect on this economy by refraining from participating, and going on a whale sightseeing tour instead

Also, must admit, I have had some really horrible hot dogs as well in random gas station ;)

[1] http://us.whales.org/campaigns/visiting-iceland-help-us-keep...

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>What i was trying to convey is that the only reason to whaling seems to be tourism[1], and if you think whaling is a bad thing (which I think it is, as it is pretty cruel), you as a tourist can have a direct effect on this economy by refraining from participating

That's a totally reasonable and very fair standpoint, but I want to be super clear on this: That argument has nothing to do with the conservation status of the species. You meant well, but you lied.

It's hard to talk about things like rational people if everyone is running around lying. Being passionate about something isn't an excuse for lies. It muddies the waters. Neither side is helped by lies, all lies do is entangle the discussion so that no progress can be made.

Also, you can't buy good sausages in this country. They're all pork, no one makes an honest aussie beef snag on the whole island. How can you make good hotdogs without good snags? :(

I wanted to update my comment to readjust it to reword the part your criticised. but I cannot anymore sadly enough. Is there some kind of timeout period after which you cannot edit it anymore?

Yeah, there is. I'm not 100% sure how long, it might be like 30 minutes?

edit: apparently it's at least 54 minutes

> Also, you can't buy good sausages in this country. They're all pork, no one makes an honest aussie beef snag on the whole island. How can you make good hotdogs without good snags? :(

I haven't tried australian hot dogs, but if you're looking for something better than the mainstream hot dogs in Iceland you should look at the polish specialty shops. They have more variation, some of them are quite good.

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