…where they seem to really appreciate the opportunity to stab a pilot whale to death in shallow water.
"I'll teach you to get blood all over Hrafnel's face like that!"
The Faroe Islands are an independently governed province of Denmark situated more or less in the middle of nowhere somewhat equally between Scotland, Norway, and Iceland. The Faorese subsist on a diet of whale meat, blubber, potatoes, and dried mutton. They also have a Burger King where the most commonly ordered sandwich is The Whaler.
Less than 50,000 people who make less than $50,000 per year live in the Faroe Islands, yet they recently scraped together enough cash to loan $52M to Iceland (who has fallen on hard times of late).
It’s believed the ritual slaughter of pilot whales, called grindadráp, dates back at least a thousand years. The whale meat is not sold, but divided equally among members of the community.
It’s reported that animal rights activists are not big fans of the grindadráp.
"Take me out to the grindadráp...take me out to the whales..."
[...] Southern Fried Science has posted a good (i.e. well done, but, yes, positive as well) review of The Cove. I’m curious to see the film and to see how much worse the violence is than, say, the stuff that goes on in the Faroe Islands [...]