Brian Wilson and Al Jardine have backed a boycott of their former band the Beach Boys, who are booked to perform at an event organised by...
Oh no! Surely, someone beyond the pale? The Ku Klux Klan?
...hunting group Safari Club International.
Oh. Of course...
Wilson tweeted: “This organisation supports trophy hunting, which both Al and I are emphatically opposed to. There’s nothing we can do personally to stop the show, so please join us in signing the petition.”
Isn't this rather unAmerican? As, indeed, the group points out:
Love said in a statement that the concert would go ahead as planned: “We look forward to a night of great music in Reno and, as always, support freedom of thought and expression as a fundamental tenet of our rights as Americans.”
If you don't like hunting, then the answer's simple. Don't hunt.
Just give up hunting, eh?
ReplyDeleteImmoral trophy hunting, along with zoos are both abominable enterprises, JuliaM. Genuine animal lovers must not stand by and shrug their shoulders anymore than good citizens should do nothing other than watch a Gestapo police service hound the vulnerable.
"Immoral trophy hunting, along with zoos are both abominable enterprises, JuliaM."
ReplyDeleteBoth contribute more to species' survival than the legions of bunnyhuggers. So, there's that...