To most people, a pen pal is an awkward 14-year-old French boy with a bumfluff moustache and a disturbing obsession with Pat Benatar. To Pamela Anderson, though, a pen pal is Steven Harper.
Pamela Anderson already wrote to Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper asking to meet him in order to discuss the controversial Canadian seal hunt. But Harper wasn’t interested – we hear he was always much more of a Gina Lee Nolan fan – and now Pamela Anderson is angry. Crazy angry. How angry is Pamela Anderson? Angry enough to write a strongly-worded letter, that’s how flipping angry.
At the weekend, Pamela Anderson hosted the Juno Awards – like the Brits, but for Canadian bands. And afterwards, Pamela Anderson was furious. That’s understandable, you’re thinking – anybody forced to admit that Nickelback make the best music in their country is bound to be a bit peeved – but that wasn’t what was on Pamela’s mind.
Pamela Anderson was actually more annoyed that she had been stood up. She wanted to meet Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper after the Juno Awards to try and get the controversial Canadian seal hunt banned. But Harper wasn’t buying, and so Pamela Anderson went on a terrifying rampage. OK, that’s a lie: she made a weak quip and then wrote another letter. Speaking to reporters after the Juno Awards, Pamela Anderson said:
"When people think of Canadian Club, they should think of a good whisky, not jerks beating pups on the ice."
Pamela Anderson shouldn’t take the Steven Harper snub too personally, though. Harper has already decided against meeting fellow seal hunt protesters Paul McCartney and Brigitte Bardot, who have already been to Canada to protest against the hunting of seal cubs. Now, though, Pamela Anderson is getting serious. In her second letter to Steven Harper, she apparently promised that she, along with animal rights groups, would intensify their efforts to stop the seal hunt.
That’s enough to send chills down our spine, and we urge Steven Harper to reconsider his decision. After all, it’s only a matter of time before a horrific Pamela Anderson/Paul McCartney charity single duet remake of Hey Jude gets released. And we’re not sure that the world deserves that level of punishment.
Read more:
Pam Anderson excited as host, but mad about hunt – CTV
[story by Stuart Heritage]
Michel Gourd says
I am sending you this letter as a reaction to the news “Pamela Anderson Steps Up The Seal Hunt Protest” you published. This is my second letter about seal hunts. It looks like the Canadian government don’t listen at opponents to this barbaric hunt. So, I am asking you to publish it in full or in part.
Tank you in advance
Michel Gourd
68 rue principale
L’Ascension-de-Patapédia
Québec, Canada, G0J-1R0
Phone: 1 (418) 299-2396
Courriel : [email protected]
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Caveman diplomacy: Canadians insist to kill seals their brutish way
To say that Stephen Harper government didn’t size the full scope of the seal’s hunt crisis is an understatement. He refused to met high-profile celebrities like Paul McCartney, Brigitte Bardot and Pamela Anderson on this subject. Unsurprisingly, he also decided to let the hunt go unchallenged until the end of the season. A part of the Canadian population is on his sides. Pamela Anderson learned that when she criticized Canada as Juno Awards host in Halifax. The 7,500 people, gathered at the Halifax Metro Centre, reacted with loud boos and just a few cheer. So, Canadians will have their public bloodbath whatever the price they will have to pays for it.
The slaughter of 335,000 seals is expected to give over 15 million Canadian dollars. It is only a small percent of what will be needed to revamp Canada’s reputation around the world. Harper ways to take care of this crisis is badly receive by the world community. Reactions even go legal. Leading United States’ animal rights’ group threatened to take legal action against Canada. They claim that Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn and his ministry set them up to protect the practice and the industry from public scrutiny. For its part, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said that seals are an important source of nutrition. They are the focus of social and cultural life for aboriginal peoples and other Canadians. It is a nice try but clumsily miss the point. Disclaimers on tuna cans declaring the product inside as dolphin free should have ringed a bell a long time ago.
Everybody admits that the annual seal hunt is a grim spectacle. Baby seals are not chickens, pigs or cows. They are defenceless mammals looking like humans. This is to close for comfort. We learned to love them in Zoo. They do funny tricks and interact with us pretty like pets. Considering them like an ordinary link in the food chain is a bit like serving your pet dog for supper. Even if you killed it humanly, it will still have a funny taste. If you dare to eat it! This feeling we got about seals is not new. The Canadian government should have act on this situation since the first crisis. The seal hunt should be banned because Canadian leaders never act the right way to make it understood, effective and human. It is forbidden by law in most of our civilized society to kill your pet with a stick.
Michel Gourd
L’Ascension-de-Patapédia
Québec, Canada
Dee says
Caveman diplomacy: Canadians insist to kill seals their brutish way
“To say that Stephen Harper government didn’t size the full scope of the seal’s hunt crisis is an understatement. He refused to met high-profile celebrities like Paul McCartney, Brigitte Bardot and Pamela Anderson on this subject.”
actually, from what I understand, McCartney was invited back and refused to come. not like he was informed enough about it anyway.
“Unsurprisingly, he also decided to let the hunt go unchallenged until the end of the season.”
what? there are 2 hunts, one that just ended and another that begins at the end of the month.
“A part of the Canadian population is on his sides. Pamela Anderson learned that when she criticized Canada as Juno Awards host in Halifax. The 7,500 people, gathered at the Halifax Metro Centre, reacted with loud boos and just a few cheer.”
And rightfully so. Anderson is a hypocrite and has no right to talk or use the Junos as a soapbox for her illinformed viewpoint. Shilling for PETA on canadian television is just sad.
“So, Canadians will have their public bloodbath whatever the price they will have to pays for it.”
and that price is what? a few jabs from some has been hypocrite celebs? animals rights groups spreading lies and falsifying information so they can make millions off their protests?
“The slaughter of 335,000 seals is expected to give over 15 million Canadian dollars. It is only a small percent of what will be needed to revamp Canada’s reputation around the world. Harper ways to take care of this crisis is badly receive by the world community. Reactions even go legal. Leading United States’ animal rights’ group threatened to take legal action against Canada. They claim that Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn and his ministry set them up to protect the practice and the industry from public scrutiny.”
Mr. Hearn has banned anyone who is there to harrass sealers and disturb the hunt. how would you like people coming to your workplace to harass you? the people who have been denied permits are among those who were arrested on the ice.
“For its part, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said that seals are an important source of nutrition.”
they are a source of omega 3.
“They are the focus of social and cultural life for aboriginal peoples and other Canadians.”
this is true, but has nothing to do with the commercial hunt.
“It is a nice try but clumsily miss the point. Disclaimers on tuna cans declaring the product inside as dolphin free should have ringed a bell a long time ago.”
this is relevant how?
“Everybody admits that the annual seal hunt is a grim spectacle.”
it’s very dramatic with the red blood on the white ice, yes. there’s lots of blood in a slaughterhouse too. ever been to one?
“Baby seals are not chickens, pigs or cows. They are defenceless mammals looking like humans.
This is to close for comfort. We learned to love them in Zoo. They do funny tricks and interact with us pretty like pets. Considering them like an ordinary link in the food chain is a bit like serving your pet dog for supper. Even if you killed it humanly, it will still have a funny taste. If you dare to eat it!”
seal is pretty greasy and very gamey tasting. they are not like pets at all. they are wild animals. Your argument in a nutshell is, regardless of the reasons for the hunt, seals are cute and therefore the hunt should be banned. Give me a break.
“This feeling we got about seals is not new. The Canadian government should have act on this situation since the first crisis.
The seal hunt should be banned because Canadian leaders never act the right way to make it understood, effective and human.
“It is forbidden by law in most of our civilized society to kill your pet with a stick.”
If you’ve actually done any research you’d know that the hackapick is not just “a stick”. there have been numerous studies done that have found it to be the most humane way to kill the seal….these days a rifle is used more.