Paul McCartney to NASA: No Monkey Experiments
By Karin Bennett
Live and let (die) live: So goes Sir Paul McCartney's new hit … against NASA's pricey plan to bankroll the zapping of dozens of squirrel monkeys in cruel radiation experiments.
While his animal rights efforts are legendary, many people may not know that Paul also has a ton of space cred. It's true: He's an enthusiastic supporter of space exploration who has performed for the crew of STS-114 and worked with NASA to beam Beatles music into space.
In his letter to the space agency, Paul writes:
"I believe NASA has the ingenuity to investigate the health effects of space travel without confining and experimenting on animals as was done in the old days. It would be terribly disappointing if in our zeal to explore new frontiers and to learn about the fascinating universe where we live we began to regress in our treatment of the animals with whom we share this planet."
Surely the rocker's support of our campaign against NASA's proposed radiation experiments will cause public disapproval of the research to skyrocket. Sir Paul joins other stars and the "ex-s" (as in ex-engineer and experts) who have criticized NASA's misguided plan. Please join them by speaking out too.
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Paul, I have loved you for over 40 years. I even named my kid after you. But you are out in left field, my friend.
You're really turning into a hypocrite - and that's just based on your recent "request to NASA" to stop researching on animals.
Are you that naive to think that Linda wasn't helped by undergoing chemo treaments? That was your only hope to saving her. Do you think that chemo wasn't developed by using animals to try to stop cancer ? Would you have even remotely considered trying a treatment with chemicals to kill off what was killing your wife unless it was a treatment that had the hopes of saving her - and that medical science made its advances to save the human race by following a strict protocol that stopped people from being experimented on?
Next time, "think for yourself" before pontificating to the rest of us.