the rix mix

SIR PAUL ON ICE OFF CANADA'S EAST COAST — Former Beatle Paul McCartney lay down on an ice floe next to a baby seal Thursday and pleaded with Canada to scrap an annual hunt that kills around 300,000 of the young animals.

McCartney and his wife Heather, both dressed in red one-piece survival suits, also patted the white-coated seal after venturing out onto the ice 16 km (10 miles) northwest of the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off Canada's east coast.

The Canadian government said the rock star did not fully understand the nature of the two-month hunt, which it says is good for the local economy, humane, and keeps a booming population of 5.8 million animals in check.

By the time one fantasizes clubbing a rock star to death, the offending music has already been recorded, sold platinum, & driven one to madness, & it's too late to make any difference. Time & tragedy have proven Paulie a good-hearted icon, & he's never denied being the fool on the hill, but in 1976.....