Current Events > Iceland's President admits he went too far with threat to ban pineapple pizza.

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Tmaster148
11/14/18 11:04:21 PM
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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/iceland-s-president-admits-he-went-too-far-with-threat-to-ban-pineapple-pizza-1.4905000

Nearly two years after the president of Iceland drew Canada's ire with his disparaging comments about pineapple pizza, Gudni Johannesson says he regrets his off-the-cuff remarks.

During a visit to a local high school in February 2017, Johannesson responded to a student's question about pizza by saying he was fundamentally opposed to the fruit topping and that he would like to ban it.

The comment sparked international debate about the so-called Hawaiian pizza, the invention of southern Ontario restaurateur Sam Panopoulos, who died in June 2017 at the age of 82.

"That's where the influence of this office sort of, yeah, got the better of me," Johannesson told As It Happens host Carol Off during an interview for the show's 50th anniversary, in which he reflected on the divisive saga. "I went a step too far."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weighed in at the time, issuing a tweet in which he declared himself a member "#TeamPineapple" and stated his support for "this delicious Southwestern Ontario creation."

Even Panopoulos himself entered the fray.

In a February 2017 interview with As It Happens, the famed pizzamaker said of the president: "He should know better. I'm sure he is a lot younger than I am and I was doing pizza when I was a young guy, you know what I mean?"

"I had to think it through and sort of calm these stormy waters and I issued a statement, a presidential statement, on pineapples on pizza," Johannesson said.

"As much as I do not like pineapple on pizza, the individual freedom of having the topping of your choice overrides that."

"I have nothing against pineapples, but when they're put on pizza they get all sort of mushy," he said.

Off questioned Johannesson's convenient change of heart about the Hawaiian pizza, telling him: "Sir, we call it a flip-flop."

The president replied: "I think politicians in general should be allowed to not flip-flop, but revise, to change their mind. You know, what's wrong with changing your mind?"

But the scandal didn't end there. In his revised statement, Johannesson made yet another controversial remark about pizza toppings, writing: "For pizzas, I recommend seafood."

That prompted Panopoulos to suggest the president was simply trying to bolster his nation's fishing industry.

"I think Sam Panopoulos correctly guessed what was behind all this," Johannesson admitted in his interview with Off.

"Iceland are a nation of fisherfolk and, you know, if everyone put seafood on their pizzas, that would be a very nice thing to do," he said.

Still, he balked at Off's suggestion he was "in the pocket of big fish."

"No, I wouldn't go that far," he said. "But in all honestly, seafood on pizza is good. You should try it."


Or maybe he didn't go far enough.
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jumi
11/14/18 11:05:20 PM
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He did nothing wrong.
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Zack_Attackv1
11/14/18 11:13:26 PM
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stoltenberg11
11/14/18 11:55:49 PM
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I wish our country could have meaningless problems like this one
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SubtletyRefuge
11/15/18 12:10:40 AM
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jumi posted...
He did nothing wrong.

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PSXer_D5_MkIII
11/15/18 12:13:02 AM
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Pineapple in pizza is a health hazard. You'll break your teeth on the hard shell.
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Solar_Crimson
11/15/18 9:15:01 AM
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stoltenberg11 posted...
I wish our country could have meaningless problems like this one

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ElatedVenusaur
11/15/18 9:31:14 AM
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I'm shocked and disappointed that Justin Trudeau wasn't voted out of office the moment he came out in support for something as disgusting and inhumane as pineapple on pizza.
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Paragon21XX
11/15/18 9:33:26 AM
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SubtletyRefuge posted...
jumi posted...
He did nothing wrong.

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eston
11/15/18 9:34:43 AM
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FratMilkyHolme
11/18/18 4:05:50 PM
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ElatedVenusaur posted...
I'm shocked and disappointed that Justin Trudeau wasn't voted out of office the moment he came out in support for something as disgusting and inhumane as pineapple on pizza.

Of course he would lol
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Tappor
11/18/18 4:12:19 PM
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He should resign for having bad taste

Don't @ me
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Hexenherz
11/18/18 4:13:40 PM
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stoltenberg11 posted...
I wish our country could have meaningless problems like this one

It does.

But then people bring way too much meaning to them and they become national issues that detract from the real thing.
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Tmaster148
11/18/18 4:14:26 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
stoltenberg11 posted...
I wish our country could have meaningless problems like this one

It does.

But then people bring way too much meaning to them and they become national issues that detract from the real thing.


Like the "Is a Hotdog a sandwhich?" debate
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ImTheMacheteGuy
11/18/18 4:14:37 PM
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Too far? More like not far enough
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Bruce_Somali
11/18/18 4:19:29 PM
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stoltenberg11 posted...
I wish our country could have meaningless problems like this one


Ours is more about celebrity drama I think. Far too many people genuinely care what actors and singers are up to.
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Thompson
11/18/18 4:27:10 PM
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Be careful. This is what happens when pineapple is added to pizza.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ0Fkh2A0k4" data-time="

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DarkTransient
11/18/18 4:30:13 PM
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ElatedVenusaur posted...
I'm shocked and disappointed that Justin Trudeau wasn't voted out of office the moment he came out in support for something as disgusting and inhumane as pineapple on pizza.

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Bloodychess
11/18/18 4:31:43 PM
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jumi posted...
He did nothing wrong.

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UnfairRepresent
11/18/18 4:33:22 PM
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I like Pineapple on Pizza

Don't get why everyone gets so gnarky about it.

Same way I don't get why people are mad at others who put ketchup or mustard on burgers and hotdogs
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Kisai
11/18/18 4:38:09 PM
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I say he didn't go far enough.
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Wetterdew
11/18/18 4:44:07 PM
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This whole meme is so dumb. Anyway, pineapple and ham or bacon on a pizza is sublime. If you don't like it that's fine but it's dumb how people are pretending it's so ungodly. There are toppings that are truly abominable on pizzas and people are obsessed with pineapples because "is this memes?"
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Shotgunnova
11/18/18 5:01:35 PM
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Johannesson did nothing wrong.
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Funkydog
11/20/18 2:03:00 AM
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SubtletyRefuge posted...
jumi posted...
He did nothing wrong.

Goats posted...
He didn't go far enough tbh

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iClockwork
11/20/18 2:04:52 AM
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Those who dislike pineapple as a pizza topic will be looked back upon as on the wrong side of history/
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rikasa
11/20/18 2:10:56 AM
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Must be nice living in a peaceful country
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Ricemills
11/20/18 2:31:24 AM
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taking politic into memes is fine, but taking meme into politics is stupid.
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MegamanX299
11/20/18 9:23:04 AM
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jumi posted...
Griffith did nothing wrong.

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Darkman124
11/20/18 9:25:49 AM
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rikasa posted...
Must be nice living in a peaceful country


fwiw, something like half the entire population of the country showed up to protest when their old PM was implicated in the panama papers

there's still challenges

also everything is goddamn expensive there
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ThyCorndog
11/20/18 9:26:11 AM
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can't believe the pineapple pizza lobby got to him. he should have finished the job and saved Iceland from pineapple pizza
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Were_Wyrm
11/20/18 9:27:29 AM
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This is the pizzagate we should be concerned about.
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Tmaster148
11/20/18 9:28:43 AM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
This is the pizzagate we should be concerned about.


Wouldn't it be pineapplegate?
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monkmith
11/20/18 9:39:11 AM
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Tmaster148 posted...
Hexenherz posted...
stoltenberg11 posted...
I wish our country could have meaningless problems like this one

It does.

But then people bring way too much meaning to them and they become national issues that detract from the real thing.


Like the "Is a Hotdog a sandwhich?" debate

how about the immigrant children summer camp?
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Kineth
11/21/18 4:54:55 AM
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So literal wolfshirt and fedora wearing neckbeards are running countries, apparently.
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DrizztLink
11/21/18 4:58:38 AM
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eston posted...
Seafood on pizza what the hell

Anchovies are pretty popular, to be fair.
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Kineth
11/21/18 4:59:06 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
eston posted...
Seafood on pizza what the hell

Anchovies are pretty popular, to be fair.

Where are they popular.
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DrizztLink
11/21/18 5:02:11 AM
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Kineth posted...
DrizztLink posted...
eston posted...
Seafood on pizza what the hell

Anchovies are pretty popular, to be fair.

Where are they popular.

No idea, but it's at least a known topping.

I imagine the saltiness compliments the pizza, I don't know. I can't taste most seafood for some reason.
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LepartialJury
11/23/18 1:29:59 AM
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UnfairRepresent
11/23/18 1:51:25 PM
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LepartialJury posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbj8BBsWSA" data-time="

That skit had the wrong punchline

Instead of "LOL Screaming lol loud noises lol."

They should have panned out the room and revealed that people actually were there and put claire on.
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LepartialJury
11/25/18 3:36:05 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
LepartialJury posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbj8BBsWSA" data-time="

That skit had the wrong punchline

Instead of "LOL Screaming lol loud noises lol."

They should have panned out the room and revealed that people actually were there and put claire on.

Does that happen in the middle or the ending? If in the middle what would they be talking about, and if in the end, what would lead up to it since the whole skit was revolving around the fact they're not real to get to the end.
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