Posted on 03/03/2006 8:36:25 AM PST by NorthOf45
N.L. premier, ex-Beatle to spar on seal-hunt on Larry King
CBC News
March 3, 2006
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador will be on Larry King Live on Friday night to oppose the anti-seal-hunt views of rock legend Paul McCartney.
Danny Williams's appearance on the CNN talk show was to be taped in advance. He was to defend the hunt, which McCartney and his wife, Heather, have been protesting this week during a visit to Prince Edward Island.
McCartney, who visited seal pups in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, claimed Thursday that 95 per cent of the seals killed in Canada are less than three months old. The singer urged the prime minister to intervene to stop the seal hunt.
The hunt of whitecoats, or harp seal pups whose fur has not yet turned grey, has been illegal since 1987.
Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn said Friday the federal government will not be swayed by McCartney's opinion.
"Let me make it clear. If Paul McCartney thinks he's going to stop the seal hunt, ahead of him there's a long and winding road," said Hearn, who is also Newfoundland and Labrador's federal cabinet representative.
The federal government estimates the harp seal population now stands at 5.9 million, up from two million in the 1970s.
Earlier this week, Williams invited McCartney to discuss the commercial hunt but got no response.
It was not clear if the premier would get a chance to talk to the musician on King's show, even via a remote connection.
A CNN promotional blurb gave no specifics.
"Sir Paul McCartney and his wife speak out against something they call shocking, brutal and horrifying," it said. "What has them so upset? Tune in at 9 p.m. ET."
Williams said in a statement on Wednesday he was frustrated that celebrities "pass judgment on individuals who are participating in an industry that sustains their lives, puts food on their tables, and clothes on their children's backs."
The premier's Larry King Live appearance was to be taped in a CBC studio in St. John's on Friday afternoon.
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Sir Paul is not a Canadian citizen, therefore he needs to butt out.
...unless of course, you're an Inuit or Eskimo in the Arctic Circle.
I thought the first trimester was the preferred timeframe? I guess I don't know enough about killing the young to be an expert like McArtney.
The fact that Paul McCartney wrote the worst song in the history of pop music (Uncle Albert, Admiral Halsey) does not qualify him to debate on economic and environmental issues.
"How can you club those adorable baby harp seals to death?"
"That's easy...you just choke up on the bat a little more."
But Sir Paul is a smart person because he is famous. Don't believe me? Ask George Clooney!
http://www.ubersite.com/m/30163
If anyone needs a good laugh about the sealhunt, just click the link.
Club Leftists, not Seals.
That's true, but you got the wrong song, it was that duet he did with Jacko "Say Say Say" that is the worst song.
You got the wrong song too. It was "The girl is mine" that was the duet with MJ.
I'll see your "Say, Say, Say" and raise you a "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time."
That's right, I forgot he did two with MJ. Both were "deplorably bad".
However, I still think that "The Girl is Mine" is the true nadir of modern musical achievement.
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