The office of the President of Iceland has been busy answering inquiries from numerous inquiries from foreign media outlets interested in the Presidents opinion on pizza and pineapple.
Read more: President of Iceland announces that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping
Foreign media fascinated with pineapple-gate
The president announced on Thursday February 16 that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping, if only he had the power to pass laws on his own. After we at Iceland Insider reported on the announcement it quickly gained attention in international media. The ForeignPolicy..com blog The Cable wrote a Profile in Courage about Guðni's brave stand on the controversial topic.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports that the President's office has been busy answering inquiries from foreign media outlets after the story broke. Örnólfur Thorsson, the Secretary General of the President told RÚV that most people understand the whole matter was tounge-in-cheek:
We have received numerous inquiries from all around the world regarding this matter. It has clearly caught people's attention, travelling around the world. People have different opinions about this matter, but most seem to know it is all in good humour.
The president has already backtracked
After pineapple-pizza-gate had made it into international headlines the President backtracked, saying that while he personally disapproved of pineapples, on top of pizzas, he did express his firm belief that the choice of pizza toppings was a thoroughly personal and private matter which should not be controlled by legislation.
I like pineapples, just not on pizza. I do not have the power to make laws which forbid people to put pineapples on their pizza. I am glad that I do not hold such power. Presidents should not have unlimited power. I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding that which I don´t like. I would not want to live in such a country.
The office of the President of Iceland has been busy answering inquiries from numerous inquiries from foreign media outlets interested in the Presidents opinion on pizza and pineapple.
Read more: President of Iceland announces that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping
Foreign media fascinated with pineapple-gate
The president announced on Thursday February 16 that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping, if only he had the power to pass laws on his own. After we at Iceland Insider reported on the announcement it quickly gained attention in international media. The ForeignPolicy..com blog The Cable wrote a Profile in Courage about Guðni's brave stand on the controversial topic.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports that the President's office has been busy answering inquiries from foreign media outlets after the story broke. Örnólfur Thorsson, the Secretary General of the President told RÚV that most people understand the whole matter was tounge-in-cheek:
We have received numerous inquiries from all around the world regarding this matter. It has clearly caught people's attention, travelling around the world. People have different opinions about this matter, but most seem to know it is all in good humour.
The president has already backtracked
After pineapple-pizza-gate had made it into international headlines the President backtracked, saying that while he personally disapproved of pineapples, on top of pizzas, he did express his firm belief that the choice of pizza toppings was a thoroughly personal and private matter which should not be controlled by legislation.
I like pineapples, just not on pizza. I do not have the power to make laws which forbid people to put pineapples on their pizza. I am glad that I do not hold such power. Presidents should not have unlimited power. I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding that which I don´t like. I would not want to live in such a country.
