Activist Paul Watson attacks Rod Stewart's sealskin coat fitting
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Has Stewart lost his mind? His recent action to support the slaughter (it's slaughter, not "hunt" as some erroneously call it) is apparently a Stewart insult to Paul McCartney who opposes the killing of seals for their fur (most of the rest of the animal is left on the ice) which often involves clubbing to death of young seals, often in front of their mothers. Rod Stewart, you have stooped to a terrible low.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/activist-paul-watson-attacks-rod-222401122.html
A well-known anti-sealing activist is using social media to shame Rod Stewart's sealskin coat fitting.
Before performing in St. John's, the British rock star got fitted for the coat at Always in Vogue on Water Street — a move that garnered attention and praise from many local residents.
However, anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson did not agree with Stewart's fashion choice.
Watson, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, made two long posts on his public Facebook page, in which he attacked the sealing industry and Stewart's celebrity.
"Apparently Rod Stewart is so way down in the charts that he has stooped to playing gigs on the street in St John's, Newfoundland," Watson wrote.
Watson claimed that Stewart's action was a direct insult to Paul McCartney, the former Beatles member who has publicly condemned the seal hunt.
"With this callous action, Rod Stewart is simply insulting McCartney and telling him to shove his compassion, and telling him where to go," Watson wrote.
"You see Rod Stewart simply does not give a damn. He's in the Ted Nugent, Kid Rock school of rock musicians who have hearts of stone and blood on their hands and thrive on the sadistic thrill it gives them to be known for their lack of empathy and kindness."
Watson also suggested that Stewart was wearing fur from seal pups.
"What they call a hunt is not a hunt. It is a slaughter. It is about men going out on the ice floes shooting and clubbing helpless seals in a seal nursery," he said.
However, Darren Halloran, who works at Always in Vogue, said that's simply not true.
"To set the record straight for the last 30 years — since 1987— you have not been allowed to kill baby seals," he said.
"Everything that goes on in the sealing industry is humane...we use every part of the product, from the skin to the meat to the oil to the organs."
Watson rewrites lyrics, contacts customs
Watson said he had notified the United States Department of Commerce and British customs office that Stewart might be smuggling a sealskin jacket into Europe or the United States.
However, Halloran said he's wasting his time. Stewart didn't actually buy the jacket, he said. The jacket, as well as the capes for his entourage, were just on loan.
Watson has been a longtime opponent of the commercial seal hunt. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a group dedicated to aggressively promoting marine conservation.
In his posts, Watson also rewrote the lyrics to two of Stewart's songs: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" became "Do You Think He's Sadistic", and "Sailing" became "Sealing."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/activist-paul-watson-attacks-rod-222401122.html
A well-known anti-sealing activist is using social media to shame Rod Stewart's sealskin coat fitting.
Before performing in St. John's, the British rock star got fitted for the coat at Always in Vogue on Water Street — a move that garnered attention and praise from many local residents.
However, anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson did not agree with Stewart's fashion choice.
Watson, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, made two long posts on his public Facebook page, in which he attacked the sealing industry and Stewart's celebrity.
"Apparently Rod Stewart is so way down in the charts that he has stooped to playing gigs on the street in St John's, Newfoundland," Watson wrote.
Watson claimed that Stewart's action was a direct insult to Paul McCartney, the former Beatles member who has publicly condemned the seal hunt.
"With this callous action, Rod Stewart is simply insulting McCartney and telling him to shove his compassion, and telling him where to go," Watson wrote.
"You see Rod Stewart simply does not give a damn. He's in the Ted Nugent, Kid Rock school of rock musicians who have hearts of stone and blood on their hands and thrive on the sadistic thrill it gives them to be known for their lack of empathy and kindness."
Watson also suggested that Stewart was wearing fur from seal pups.
"What they call a hunt is not a hunt. It is a slaughter. It is about men going out on the ice floes shooting and clubbing helpless seals in a seal nursery," he said.
However, Darren Halloran, who works at Always in Vogue, said that's simply not true.
"To set the record straight for the last 30 years — since 1987— you have not been allowed to kill baby seals," he said.
"Everything that goes on in the sealing industry is humane...we use every part of the product, from the skin to the meat to the oil to the organs."
Watson rewrites lyrics, contacts customs
Watson said he had notified the United States Department of Commerce and British customs office that Stewart might be smuggling a sealskin jacket into Europe or the United States.
However, Halloran said he's wasting his time. Stewart didn't actually buy the jacket, he said. The jacket, as well as the capes for his entourage, were just on loan.
Watson has been a longtime opponent of the commercial seal hunt. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a group dedicated to aggressively promoting marine conservation.
In his posts, Watson also rewrote the lyrics to two of Stewart's songs: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" became "Do You Think He's Sadistic", and "Sailing" became "Sealing."
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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"Apparently Rod Stewart is so way down in the charts that he has stooped to playing gigs on the street in St John's, Newfoundland," Watson wrote.
Watson claimed that Stewart's action was a direct insult to Paul McCartney, the former Beatles member who has publicly condemned the seal hunt.
"With this callous action, Rod Stewart is simply insulting McCartney and telling him to shove his compassion, and telling him where to go," Watson wrote.
"You see Rod Stewart simply does not give a damn. He's in the Ted Nugent, Kid Rock school of rock musicians who have hearts of stone and blood on their hands and thrive on the sadistic thrill it gives them to be known for their lack of empathy and kindness."
How it's a direct insult to McCartney specifically and not to others who side with Sir Paul, I don't know.
And...if Stewart is so low on the totem pole of fame, why give a fuck about him anyway? If all of this is true, I do hope he's also deriding the place that did the fitting. And anyone else in the entertainment industry who acts similarly, those who support it, etc.
This article...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/upset-rod-stewart-unknowingly-posed-6065196
...claims Steward didn't know the coat was seal fur but look at the photo. It's obviously fur and why he would pose in that coat without caring to find out what it is is puzzling. Maybe it was an honest mistake. If so, I hope Stewart goes out of his way to make it right. Also, it's actually a crime (as it should be) to kill these animals in many countries now.
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2015-07-12/article-4211812/Photo-of-Rod-Stewart-in-sealskin-jacket-draws-praise/1
Kudos to Paul Watson for his tireless efforts to protect the planet. We need more rebels like Watson and fewer Gordon Gecko wannabes.
RG... we are pitted against each other once again LOL!
Neither of them are all that bad, just stylistically they don't appeal to me. I like Elton John and James Taylor, so it's not just the commercial aspect...it's just a style and sound issue for me. Give me some Billy Joel, James Brown, Ray Charles...keep the Rod Stewart lol
And yes, Mr. Gambs, Captain Paul Watson is a major force for the environment. He's put his life and freedom on the line numerous times in ways that hugely tower over most of the efforts us mere mortals have made in support of environmental issues. He will stand with the greats- Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, John Muir, Rachel Carson, David Brower, Edward Abbey, Dave Foreman, Terry Tempest Williams and the like.
I'm there with you on Elton John. Billy Joel too. The other guys are okay- tolerable.
Mr. fancy pants activist should get his facts straight before grabbing pitchforks and lighting torches
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3161691/Rod-Stewart-sparks-controversy-posing-sealskin-coat-shop-Canada-Upset-rocker-forced-defend-image-saying-does-not-support-industry.html
I only listen to his songs for childhood flashback reasons. Otherwise, he's hit or miss. He wishes he was as great as Sir Elton and the piano man in more ways than one.
Hell, I used to dismiss Joel as baby boomer music until I grew up and listened to his album cuts. Same with the boss.
Apparently Rod Stewart is so way down in the charts that he has stooped to playing gigs on the street in St John’s, Newfoundland.
Over the years celebrities like Paul McCartney, Brigitte Bardot, Richard Dean Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Chrissie Hynde, Country Joe MacDonald, Martin Sheen, and many, many others have publicly voiced their concerns for the horrific cruelty of the slaughter of baby seals on the ice floes off Newfoundland.
For over four decades I have fought with so many others to end the commercial slaughter of seals and over those years the pelts have been banned in the USA, in Europe, in Russia, China and so many places where people have been outraged by the cruelty of what was once the largest seal slaughter in the world.
Today the only real market is in Canada where the government defends the massacre of baby seals, even going so far as to redefine what a baby seals is by saying that once they reach three weeks of age they are now adults.
So in a world aware of the slaughter, aware of the cruelty, in pops Rod Stewart into a sealskin shop in Newfoundland to get fitted out in sealskin.
You see Rod Stewart simply does not give a damn. He’s in the Ted Nugent, Kid Rock school of rock musicians who have hearts of stone and blood on their hands and thrive on the sadistic thrill it gives them to be known for their lack of empathy and kindness.
Rod is most certainly aware that Paul McCartney has personally championed the seals and condemned the slaughter. With this cllous action, Rod Stewart is simply insulting McCartney and telling him to shove his compassion, and telling him where to go.
Stewart is one of the richest musicians in Great Britain and has eight children by five different women and is generally known for not giving a shit about social issues like being the first musician to go against the boycott of Apartheid in South Africa in the Eighties. He owns 21 fur coats, and now is an outspoken supporter of the cruelest fur industry on the planet.
I have taken the liberty of notifying the U.S. Department of Commerce and the British Customs about the possibility of Rod Stewart smuggling a seal skin jacket into Europe or America. It is illegal to do so and the jacket would be subject to confiscation if declared, and there could be an arrest if not declared.
I’ve decided to rewrite one of his songs in recognition of how truly insensitive Rod Stewart is about the agonizing suffering of animals for the fur trade. He seems to believe that cruelty is an acceptable fashion statement.
And I sincerely hope that Sir Paul McCartney give Rod Stewart a piece of his mind.
Godfather.
THANK YOU SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY FOR SUPPORTING THE BAN ON SEAL SLAUGHTER!
THANK YOU TED NUGENT FOR DONATING HOUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF MEAT TO HUNGRY PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.......................hay feeding the hungry is a positive twist. AHAHHAHAHHAHAH
sorry man I just couldn't help myself.
Godfather.
Godfather.
good call.
Godfather.
Sorry... I too could not help myself!
Godfather.
Godfather.