But Norwegian citizen Ivar Dale, who worked in Kyrgyzstan for a long time, argued on RFE/RL's Kyrgyz service that Ylvis would not have wanted to offend anybody on purpose:
Sed norvega civitano Ivar Dale, kiu laboris en Kirgizio dum longa tempo, argumentis en Kirgiza Servo de RFE/RL, ke Ylvis ne volis ofendi iun intence: