Boycotting Iceland

markbloke

Oh let them get on with it. A dozen people will get their jollies by going out of their way not to buy something they probably wouldn't buy anyway. It's just a bit of venting and it'll have no real effect. A good thing too as kicking someone when they're down is medically proven to be counterproductive if you want them to get back up and take you to the cash dispenser.

napoleon

Great idea. Their burgers are rotten anyway so we won't be missing much

opinions4u

I will continue my boycott of West Ham home games.

Not that I've ever been to Upton Park in my life.

Nick_C

Oddly enough, Iceland (cheap chips) is owned by Iceland (Volcanic island).

I have always wanted to visit Iceland (Volcanic island), with its thermal spas, geysers, lunar landscape, and the chance to see the Northern Lights, but until now its been horrendously expensive. With the collapse of the Krone, it should be quite affordable now.

Not sure how welcome Brits would be right now though!

dag_2

I think that boycotting Iceland is a really silly idea. To be honest, I really don't fancy the idea of Iceland becoming an enclave of Russia, especially given the difficulty that Georgia has had with Russia recently.

I suppose we could ignore what's going on in South Ossetia, because it's a long way from London. But Iceland is just a little bit too close to home to let Russia walk all over it, in my opinion.

Maybe I'm being overdramatic. After all, the loan that Moscow is offering Iceland is, theoretically, a commercial loan with no strings attached. However, I find it hard to believe that it's a commercially sensible loan, given Iceland's current difficulties. And I also find it hard to believe that Russia won't be interested in receiving political favours from Iceland in lieu of repayment. And I further find it hard to believe that that there's absolutely no risk of military consequences in the event that these political favours should fall through. And I think that Britain, especially Scotland and the North of England, is too close to be sure of not getting caught in the crossfire somehow.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that going on a mad spending spree in House of Fraser department stores would be a sensible way of handling the situation. Nor am I suggesting that we should all pack our freezers full of frozen fish. But I really don't see how kicking Iceland when it's down is going to help, without causing more problems along the way.

Markyt

JayTee99 wrote: »

i think Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling were absolutely right to be so quick off the mark (makes a nice change ), use any powers necessary,

Who do you think gave the Icelandic banks permission to operate here, and didn't ensure that either the compensation funds required to be put aside actually existed or where ring fenced in case of just this sort of incident?

sadabbott

Stompa wrote: »

Indeed, it does seem a rather juvenile idea.

What would be more mature? Bombing them back into the dark ages just like we have done in Iraq and Afghanistan?

The Icelandic government made a conscious unilateral decision to freeze our savings but allowing locals to access theirs. That was mature and responsible.

Thanks to our government, we are getting our money back otherwise we all stood to lose our savings.

You all have your sense of loyalty wrong. By affecting the Icelandic economy, we send a message that what they did was wrong. By doing nothing you may as well say that we enjoyed what they did - do it again.

If you love Iceland so much, go and emigrate there. We dont want your sort in GREAT Britain.

GDB2222

Babycakes wrote: »

Have you any idea how devasted 300,000 innocent individuals including the elderly, were on Monday? Thats almost the whole population of Iceland.

My local borough has 300,000 in it. The clever people at the town hall have lost £27m in Icelandic banks, that's 20% of the annual budget, which will mean a severe loss of amenity to the local borough and/or a massive hoick in local taxes.

islandannie

sadabbott wrote: »

What would be more mature? Bombing them back into the dark ages just like we have done in Iraq and Afghanistan?

The Icelandic government made a conscious unilateral decision to freeze our savings but allowing locals to access theirs. That was mature and responsible.

Thanks to our government, we are getting our money back otherwise we all stood to lose our savings.

You all have your sense of loyalty wrong. By affecting the Icelandic economy, we send a message that what they did was wrong. By doing nothing you may as well say that we enjoyed what they did - do it again.

If you love Iceland so much, go and emigrate there. We dont want your sort in GREAT Britain.

This should surely qualify for the most nonsensical rant of the day award.

dag_2

sadabbot says

The Icelandic government made a conscious unilateral decision to freeze our savings but allowing locals to access theirs.

Thanks, but I think you're overlooking the fact that (a) Icelandic people have had difficulty getting banks to carry out the transactions they have asked them to over the past few days, and (b) even those who have managed to withdraw money are finding that the value of their currency is plummeting.

Thanks to our government, we are getting our money back otherwise we all stood to lose our savings.

That's a separate issue.

You all have your sense of loyalty wrong. By affecting the Icelandic economy, we send a message that what they did was wrong. By doing nothing you may as well say that we enjoyed what they did - do it again.

Yeah right. Do you think that Iceland is happy about the fact that they have got to go cap in hand to Moscow? Do you think they relish the fact that their last few years of prosperity has suddenly and abruptly come to an end? Do you think they're thrilled about the fact that the people who became comfortable on investment bank bonuses are now only able to get jobs in deep sea fishing?

Do I need to remind you how dangerous deep sea fishing is? It kills a lot of its people; far more than are killed by the construction industry.

If you honestly think you're at risk of losing out to Iceland's behaviour a second time round if we don't somehow "teach them a lesson", then I think you have a very weak grip on reality.

If you love Iceland so much, go and emigrate there. We dont want your sort in GREAT Britain.

Thanks. Call me a nimby if you like, but I really don't want the sort of things that Russia has done to Georgia going on in my back yard. If we hammer Iceland so hard that they prefer to be in the hands of Russia, then Britain won't be nearly as "GREAT" as it was before the credit crunch happened.