During a visit to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, way up in the arctic north, Governor General Michaelle Jean willingly chomped down on a bloody piece of heart from a freshly slaughtered seal to make a point.
According to the Toronto Star:
Jean pronounced her taste of seal heart to be "absolutely delicious.""These are ancient practices that are part of a way of life," she said, framing her gutsy gesture as an act of solidarity with the Inuit.
"If you can't understand that, you're completely missing the reality of life here."...
Jean helped to gut the seal before swallowing the slice of the mammal's heart after a European Union vote earlier this month to impose a ban on seal products on grounds that the seal hunt is cruel.
Asked today whether her actions were a message to Europe, Jean replied, "Take from that what you will.''
A spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas offered no official reaction.
"No comment; it's too bizarre to acknowledge," Barbara Helfferich said.
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Canada's Governor General Guts Seal and Eats Slice of Heart
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A couple things do come to mind… one I had many women metaphorically do this in my life.
But on another tangent… this could be a better way to conduct foreign policy. If Hilary would just take a bite out of the heart of some innocent animal, I think less countries would trouble us.
I am more interested in how many of her decisions have been overruled by the Supreme Court. In my mind, that determines how qualified she is to do the job