To the people of Iceland

In the wake of Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling classing Icelanders as terrorists in a bid to grab invested British cash back from Icelandic banks, I’d like to say the following. I have posted it as a comment on this BBC story, but given that I somewhat insult both the UK and US governments I don’t know if they’ll use it…

For the sake of full disclosure, I have money invested in Kaupthing – one of the banks that collapsed in Iceland recently. It was bought out by ING who I’d moved from in the first place. Gah.

Anyway:

Icelanders – please don’t hate us for the actions of a small minority of people. That would be like hating everyone in the US simply because their country is run by a bunch of inept, power-hungry goons.

I’ve yet to visit Iceland (if you moved a little closer so the air fares were lower I’d be there like a shot) but I’d like to think that as a people you’re as understanding as we are. Trust me, we don’t like the muppets in charge of our country any more than you do. If anything, this should bring us closer.

Related articles by Zemanta

• More Councils Hit By Iceland Woes
• UK to sue Iceland over any lost bank savings
• UK condemns Iceland over banks
• More Help For Iceland Bank Savers
• PM Vows To Get Icesave Cash Back
• Fish and cool
• Eirikur Bergmann Einarsson: Britain has betrayed Iceland, and we’re angry