Friday, March 03, 2006

Williams vs. McCartney on Larry King

Tune in tonight at 10:30pm NST for what should be an interesting debate.

For anyone who doesn't know, Paul McCartney is in Canada, and made a visit to the Ice Floes North of Quebec to engage in a protest against the seal hunt.

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Edit - News Stories on the 'debate' from CNN.com and CBC.ca CBC says that apparently Danny's side of the story is going to be pre-taped, so this might not be as knock-down drag 'em out as I first thought.
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This could actually be pretty good tonight. I'm definitely going to
tune in. I think that Danny will be able to handle this situation, as
he's pretty good at cutting through "spin" that gets thrown at him.
For Instance:

"The longtime animal-rights activists want to publicize the plight of
the fluffy white pups, which are calved and weaned from their mothers
on the frigid ice before being clubbed to death."

Hunting these whitecoats has been banned for years. Since the mid-80s
I believe. As well, I'm nearly certain that 'clubbing' is also banned,
high powered rifles are the tool of choice. The seal hunt is no
different (when undertaken properly) than any well run bovine
slaughterhouse.

Sure, there will be people who don't follow the rules. There will be
problems. But those problems exist with any organized activity
undertaken by a broad spectrum of people. There are cruel
slaughterhouses, there are drunk drivers, there are bad sealers. Does
this mean we need to ban hamburgers, cars, bars and the seal hunt ?

Hopefully Danny Williams can make a good impression tonight. i know he
won't change the activists mind, but he might be able to get the real
message out there that we arn't a bunch of barbarians with clubs.

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