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      Im Icelandic and I can confirm this. This massive asshole (Kristjan Loftson) has plenty of money and one hobby, killing whales. He as lost aprox. 20m€ on whaling in the years he has been hunting them.

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        …kill him?

        I mean, or watch hundreds, thousands of whales die.

        Just one dude, man. I dunno, not Icelandic so it isn’t really an opportunity I’d have but, um. If all else fails, right?

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          He will probably kill 10-20 finback whales so we are not talking about very large numbers. Also it would not be good for Icelandic politics if someone would kill him, he could become somekind if whale killer martyr and Iceland would continue to kill whales after his death.

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            he could become somekind if whale killer martyr

            Well that’s just as easily solved by more killing. There can’t be more than like 20 people in the country that have a massive boner for murdering whales.

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              The rise of far right politicians and fascists is directly related to the dramatic drop in assassinations of political figures.

              The solution? Start murdering fascist and far right politicians that exploit the working class and the environment to add to their already endless coffers. This is the only viable answer.

              Change my mind.

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            Would it be more whales? Less?

            There’s a minimum whale population before genetic defects start having impact between mates…

            I’m not advocating direct violence, but mixing sand into the hunting boat’s engine oil and other more peaceful methods should be considered if the government won’t listen to reason by its people.

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            Then you kill the next figurehead for whaling. Eventually, they’ll get the point.

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        Why are you government or judges so shady when it comes to this? Like, what is the actual reasson, that this is not forbidden and nobody is in jail? You have a democracy in iceland, right?

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          I’m pretty sure he would stop if he were harpooned once. Harpoons don’t just grow on trees y’know, gotta be thrifty.

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        Yup, we don’t even eat whale, only tourists do because they think it’s part of our culture.