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Rick Strong <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 20 Apr 1998 21:33:42 -0400
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IMHO you should have kept this to yourself;  I could say why in 10 or 20 pp.
but I will leave it at that.

Kent Multer wrote:

> Hi folks --
>
> I saw a story about Linda McCartney on CNN yesterday -- you probably heard,
> she just died of breast cancer at age fifty-something.  The story was a
> kind of typical sympathetic celebrity bio.  Besides her music, she has also
> been an animal-rights and vegetarian advocate for many years.  In fact, in
> England there's a line of veggie frozen entrees with her name on them.
>
> The news story actually showed an old interview clip of her, talking about
> how eating meat is bad and causes cancer.  I hate to be insensitive, but a
> laugh escaped from me at that point.  A veggie advocate -- and she died of
> cancer in her fifties!
>
> Since then, I've seen several more CNN stories (I'm a bit of a news
> junkie), and none of them have had that particular interview clip -- I
> guess someone in the studio noticed the irony.  They are continuing to
> promote her viewpoint, though -- I think they reported that Paul has said
> that people should honor her memory by becoming vegetarian themselves.
> Hell-LO-oh ...
>
> It makes me want to write Letters to the Editor or something, but I don't
> know if it would help much.

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