And will he read it ? OF COURSE HE WON'T, anyway I would send one but I would just look wrong amongst a bunch of veggi's and they would all start throwing apples at me and ... oh you've put me off my tea now.

Thanks to Moz for letting it be known.

they may not eat meat, but they feed off of desperate fans who think that shelling out $500 is going to get them a personal moment with morrissey.

Hi,

I wrote to you later in the evening last night. I explained my situation, and told you why I would want to send a message to Morrissey but was unable to attend this event.

No one wrote me back. Is this offer ONLY for people that are able to go and able to pay the $500 to attend the event?

1985: The Smiths release their Meat Is Murder song and album.
1985: Morrissey is interviewed by PETA’s Dan Mathews.
2002: Morrissey calls for a boycott of Thailand until the Thai government enacts laws to prohibit the cruel treatment, confinement, and training of elephants and bans the use of elephants for commercial or entertainment purposes.
2002: Morrissey lends his support to PETA and is interviewed a second time by PETA’s Dan Mathews.
2004: Morrissey speaks out against Iams’ cruel tests on cats and dogs.
2005: Morrissey includes PETA’s investigative documentary “Meet Your Meat” on his Who Put the “M” in Manchester? DVD.

this meager set of highlights makes it look pretty easy to get your hands on a Macca award. Moz and PETA would be better represented by a short paragraph summarizing Morrissey's continued appeal for vegetarianism and how he has changed the path of many former carnivores rather than try to find highlights that make it seem like hes simply gone through vegetarian phases in his life in 85 and and between 2002-05.

so glad I didn't even think of getting tickets to this, as PETA is now saying Morrissey is unable to attend.

sweet, time to record myself eating a big t-bone steak :D

He also bums stock

http://www.pwl-empire.com/picture_gallery_may05.ht ml

Why the fuck hasn't Moz or any of the artists I enjoy (with loud enough platforms) create something like "People for the Ethical Treatment of People" - it seems like they are wasting too much hot air and money as they pull up to these galas on leather seats, in leather clothing - and humanity seems like a much greater cause...

Whenever animal rights issues come up on this board, people seem to go berserk. Why so mean? Why is it so hard to understand that empathy in all its forms is what is best in all of us? Why do so many people hate it when so many other people show a little compassion, for goodness sake? How are you harmed by it?

Morrissey deserves every bit of credit when it comes to his unrelenting support for animal rights. "Meat is Murder" was just about the boldest musical/political statement made at a time when there was a lot of competition for that honor. I just got through talking to a college freshman who has the album cover pasted all over her jacket, and who, twenty years later, is taking the message to heart. You can criticize Moz for not being "pure" enough (although "It is hard to be ethical about shoes" is pretty funny), but you must be petty indeed if you feel the need to actually attack someone for doing good in this wicked world. Thank goodness Morrissey had the guts to kick us all in the teeth all those years ago, the world is the better for it!

ment.

Sychophantic celebrities.

Begins and Ends there basically.

All pat yourselves on the the back for doing nothing apart from appearing in the paid for lounge by tossers who donate to the cause of "celebs who have just realised there are fourlegged creatures on this earth"

Oh how fortunate for you, I bet you broke your heart as a kid when the family pet died? My Arse.

PEOPLE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONATE TO THE GENUINE LOVERS OF ANIMALS...ANIMAL AID. ANTI VIVISECTION ETC....THESE LOT ARE A LOAD OF TOSSERS....

YOU ARE PAYING FOR THEIR CHAMPAGNE....

THING ABOUT OUT...

HYPOCRITES OF THE WORLD ...UNITE AND DONT THINK WELL PAY FOR THE CHAMPAGNE DINNERS.

500 DOLLARS TO LEAVE A MESSAGE???

DOESN'T THAT SAY IT ALL??????????????????????

Cedric, or someone similar, created a livejournal account and basically spammed everyone there who had Morrissey in their interests with the same post about 'make a message for Morrissey'. It was spamming, and it annoyed me.

Ok, they're a charity, so they need to raise funds, but charging $500 and - oh they might choose you... that's just mean. It looks like they're trying to exploit fans.

I find it very irritating when animal rights people do this underhand kind of thing. For example, the Newchurch Guinea Pig protestors have every right and reason to protest, but then people get ridiculous and throw bricks through windows and then dig up some old woman's corpse! That made public opinion turn against the protest, so who knows when the poor guinea pigs will be saved now?

I just wonder how much some of these annoying characters actually care. *wears Junior RSPCA badge proudly*

*dismounts (Ecover) soapbox*

Morrissey supports PETA because it is the most high profile animal rights charity around. Surely we're not the types to begrudge someone a chance to support their chosen cause ... oh, wait, some of you already have.
To be fair, it does seem that PETA is a bit of a luvvie organisation, only open to joe public if he / she has the cash, but charities are all about money too ... that's capitalism folks. And what should we care if someone is able to go to this thing and tape a message to Moz? It's not as if he's going to see their video and fall in love with them on the spot; he'll think it's a nice gesture (or in some cases a rather scary one) and then he'll get on with being the same Morrissey we've always known.
It seems that every time some lucky bugger wanders into the celebrity orbit all hell breaks loose amongst 'ordinary' people; but we all know that, if we had the money, we'd move heaven and earth to bring ourselves to the attention of our idol.

Who's up for the obligatory webcam shots?
Camera positioned in birds-eye view, emo-face with a sign held up saying "MORRISSEY I LOVE YOU", maybe a bit of cleavage, works every time.

Just don't forget to set your camera to high contrast/fuzzy mode. It's a must.

He deserves the award, but i think he knows that everyone's proud of him for his contribution to PETA, he's a legend. I'll spare him the lovely view of me making heart signs with my hands & blowing kisses, with PETA scrawled on my eyelids. Unless they replace Neighbours with people running on the BBC again, in which case i can't be held accountable for my actions.

When the cause is a real one, then all the glamour around it will feel true to me. I don't mind if Morrissey gets a video for two thousand each, it is really worth the cause. Animals teach us about innocence, and they are very important for the ecossystem as well. Some psychiatric clinics use them as part of patients treatment, because they help brining down their levels of anxiety and of agressiveness. I have been a vegeterian for nearly 8 years now, and the results of my blood work are always normal, although many rabid meat eaters in my family are still dying for me to get anemia for me to prove them right.

I bumped into a PETA stand in Boston's Downtown Crossing a couple of weeks ago, and I told the guy that was distributing brochures I was thrilled to see him there, because it was actually the first time I have seen PETA around here! Gladly, it is expanding. And the more money they get the more they will expand. If they, or Moz, were only after money, the meat industry would be an easier way.

Because of the popularity of rodeos, Brazil has increased the consumption and exportation of meat almost twice, and that will reduce in the next few years the Amazon forest to half of its actual size.

I urge people to "indulge" PETA, do whatever they can to help, because eating meat is actually not good neither for you nor for the poor animal who got killed unecessarily. Meat has toxins, and a type of fiber that logdes increasingly in the intestines. Ask any gastro doctor...

If people who saw the 'Meet Your Meat'video in Moz's last video find it gory, it's because killing this way IS gory. It is probably a very necessary evil to watch, because I don't believe any resemblance with reality was just a mere coincidence.

For this video alone, and the shock it brings, and his contribution with PETA, Morrissey deserves the gala.

Wonder what's keeping him from attending. Hope, hope it is that he is recording. (Thankfully, he's not having work done on his face--indisposes so many in those parts.)

This is what I received, and read just now, it obviously came last night after I had gotten off of the computer:

"Thanks for your long-term support! That’s awesome that Morrissey and PETA have been able to help you make some great changes in your life. I’m sorry to hear that you won’t be able to make it to our 25th Anniversary Gala, but unfortunately our video message to Morrissey is only available through the Gala.

Thanks again for all you do for animals."

I'm leaving my name out and the person that sent this. A few of the really nice people here already know my name anyway, and the person that sent me the letter from PETA was not this Cedric person.

I am on myspace, a few of you already know this. You have noticed my comments about PETA on there, I am sure, and a lot of people have differing opinions about PETA on Morrissey-solo, so I thought I'd say a few things.

Sorry to bore you with history of my life, but without a little background, you are going to be very confused. I've always had health problems..from puberty until I was about 25, I was overweight. My friend, who was also 25, died of a heart attack. She was heavier than I was, but I thought if I didn't get the weight off, "This could be me!".

So, after about a year, I got the weight off. I didn't eat hamburger meat, but I ate chicken, bologna, hot dogs, etc. I foolishly thought that cows were the only ones that were truly suffering after Meat is Murder came out, so I only cut out hamburger meat out of my carnivore diet. Yes, I know this was a very ridiculous notion!

I still had problems with high blood pressure, and I continued to have anxiety attacks(these started when I was 19, seemingly out of nowhere).
However, the doctor that I went to at the time just said, "well, if you lose five more pounds, you won't have any more problems with this".

Not only did I lose 5 more pounds, I lost a lot more. By this time, I was 27. I had cut out every kind of meat except chicken, but I also had a LOT of dairy. I found that the dairy eased my hunger pangs and helped me lose more and more weight.

I was tired all the time, though, and kept having anxiety attacks(the blood pressure had dropped though, it REALLY sounds worth it, no?) I just thought it was the stress of not knowing what to do with my life(I'd just gone back to school).

I was too tired to do anything socially, and the panic attacks had made me drop out of school. By this time, I was 29, and I had finally found a relationship that had the potential to last more than 3 months. However, who could enjoy it, feeling like crap all the time?

I was sleeping more and more, still too thin, and all kinds of tests were run. My doctor said that they could not find anything wrong with me! It was soo frustrating! Then, by the time I hit 30, it all hit the fan.

I got a pressure sore that was like the one that killed Christopher Reeve not too long ago. Now was the time for the protein talk, since the meat that I was eating was chicken! My doctor sent me to a specialist, who then sent me to 3 more..to sort of wrap up this story, they all told me to eat more meat! They liked it that I was having a lot of dairy, they said that was healthy, but I needed more meat! This was told to me after a YEAR AND A HALF of seeing specialists and getting treatments!

I listened to the doctors, ate 50% meat, 40% dairy, and 10% vegetables. I got worse after this..over ANOTHER year later, I went to another doctor, who told me that I HAD to have surgery to try to close this up..it was experimental surgery, I was going to have to go to another state, and stay in a hospital and do nothing but lay for 2 MONTHS! I had been laying down at home, like they had advised me to do, 98% of the time. My life was awful. I had no life. I was running out of options.

I'd just missed the Morrissey concert that I wanted to attend, because I couldn't even get out of bed at the time. One night, I just decided to click on the goveg.com link that was on the back of the CD.

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Aug. 15, 2005 -- PETA has decided to suspend its controversial campaign comparing the enslavement and lynching of blacks with animal cruelty following outcry from civil rights organizations.

Read the full article here http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1 266 [tolerance.org]

Bravo!! That was really quite witty, thanks for adding a laugh to my humdrum day. In case you were serious then please accept my apology.

Should never be used in the same sentence.

Have you watched any of that Barry Trotter nonsense. Don't even attempt the book.

Yes!

He has abruptly cancelled the Isle of White show in June. He has suddenly moved out of his house. He will not attend the PETA gala. I hope he's alright...