The Faeroese say we do not respect their culture and they are right – we do not. The Faeroese say we do not respect their traditions and they are right – we do not. We respect life and we respect that in [...] of the whales. We were told we are not welcome because we will not compromise. In other words, we had to understand and accept the slaughter in order to discuss it, and that we will not do. It is our position [...] to post this open letter on our website and social forums allowing those Faeroese who wish to understand why Sea Shepherd does what we do the opportunity to read about it. We would have welcomed questions

looking forward to hearing more about how new frontiers of research and development are being explored, and how we in the Faroes can play our part together with Scotland. We do not lag behind when it comes [...] around 170 Faroese women left with British men after the war. We don’t know exactly how many of these fortunate young men were Scottish, or how many of these couples made their lives in Scotland, but there [...] the industry for our mutual economic benefit. But we also have so much more in common than fish. This Flag Day Celebration testifies to that! The music on the program here this evening is a living example