This is pure Moz hyperbole - he is a situationist: say something 'outrageous' to provoke a reaction, shake people out of their slumber. It has certainly worked. Thank God there are still people like Moz around - anything to kick against the anodyne drudgery of all the media propaganda.
Is nobody moderating this topic? So far I've read about people wanting Morrissey to have a heart attack and people wanting both him and his family to be shot. Whatever you think of his comments about Norway that is completely out of order.
Is it any wonder that he has such disdain for this website when things like this are allowed to go on? This is a topic that is obviously causing a lot of debate and rightly so but come on, what are comments like the ones I've highlighted really adding to it?
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See, that's the same sorry "excuse" the Oslo murderer used: He thaught he had to give the people a wake up call. Thank god there are people like him around...Originally Posted by Anonymous
How 'bout just stickin' to the case and don't act so ignorant? It's pretty cheap to make a point on behalf of such an incident.
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Where is the media propaganda in the reporting of the Norway massacre?
Saw this on Twitter: “Congratulations to Morrissey. It takes an exceptional brand of tosspot to capitalise on mass murder to further the cause of chickens.”
If the quote as reported is correct, then I understand why some people feel that he was dismissive of what happened in Norway, and I can certainly understand why they would feel hurt by that. I'm not feeling outraged, just sad, because I agree with Je Suis Julie that Morrissey's message is lost in the frenzied whirlpool of emotional reaction to his comment. And I can see how this would be frustrating to people who agree with his message and want to see more attention paid to animal rights issues.
Really, the only fact of this story is that, to Morrissey, a life is a life is a life is a life. And, no, that shouldn't be a surprise to his fans.
However, I see no positive effect, nothing that will further the cause of animal rights, in saying one tragedy is "nothing compared to" another. Though I agree that he was speaking statistically, I suspect that both the cow and the human, when facing the executioner, feel much the same terror and don't particularly care about numbers. And when it's the suffering you're concerned with, I don't understand making comparisons.
Just as someone mentioned earlier that people were complaining about giving sympathy to Amy Winehouse when there's this awful tragedy in Norway, people like that don't seem to understand that it is actually possible for a person to feel sorrow about MANY things at the same time. It's also possible to stand up for one cause without harming another. I passionately believe in doing all we can to prevent unnecessary suffering and cruelty in a world that seems to be saturated in it, and I think we do that when we're thoughtful in both deeds AND words.
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Reading the original quote - not within the context of the news stories that have been reported - I think when he says 'it is nothing compared to what goes on...' I think the 'it' he refers to is the number of deaths rather than the story as a whole. And I'm a meat eater who's just had a fantastic feast from Burger King.
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Yes exactly. It's clear from evolution that we're all 'animals'. Meat is murder on a larger scale than the horrible event in Norway.
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The event in itself is propaganda considering that it was so blatantly a false-flag operation. The media propaganda machine functions by spewing at you either useless drivel or hyping events to scare you into submission. Just as Op: Fast and furious was used to rape the second amendment, these Norway events are being used, at least in the US, to further an agenda started by the Department of Homeland Security to portray white middle-class Americans as the new terrorist threat. Morrissey is attempting to use this situation to further peoples awareness of another situation that is killing people everyday as well, he just unfortunately went about it in the wrong way this time. The only reason everyone seems to be crying about it is because they idolize him as a God. He makes some damn fine music is all, appreciate him for that, don't hate him because of his own views people.
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To be honest this norway thing is fuckin boring
hes done it so what hes insne or he isnt
get over it
im more concerned about getting rupetr murdoch locked up
if only
filthy lies his sun newsp\aper spouted about liverpol fans
you need stringing up mate
Problem is, Morrissey isn't gaining anything for his case by saying this. His fanatic followers will still be there for sure, but I doubt he will save any new souls.
So in addition to making a tasteless comment to make a point on behalf of the massacre, he surely weakens his case. And that should upset his followers, too...
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You are continuing to do it because "historically" that is how you've done it? In other words, you refuse to change a policy despite its obviously being ill-advised.
Perhaps the reason is that this would amount to admitting to having a mistake, something you "historically" seldom do?
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Thank you.
Oh, silly me. I copied my last comment from elsewhere and forgot to edit out the references to that conversation. But the bulk of it is still relevant. :/
I am starting to wonder, is he developing some kind of mental illness? If not, well, I used to respect and admire you, now you disgust me, you sick sick bastard. And btw your last stuff is crap.
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Well spoken! Though I disagree on the cow/human comparison, you speak wisely! I have no problem with people having other opinions than myself, but I do dislike disrespect.
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Morrissey is not your ever-waggish rent-a-gay, obliged to keep you in stitches. He is a major artist and a moral compass for many of his listeners.
He made a very simple point about hypocrisy in public sentiment--the showy concern for one tragedy while a more constant one goes uncommented upon. It's a shame you can't follow that.and using the Norway killings is the worst form of opportunism.
If you believe Morrissey really "can't" get a record deal, then you must also believe that nobody loves him, and that he's the world's ugliest man. With fans as bright as these...At a time when he has no record company he really is doing himself no favours. He needs all the fans he can get right now
His melodies and lyrics convert people to his music. As for his politics, it's limited to a few select issues on which he has very defensible and admirable standards.and his latest foot-in-mouth outburst is hardly going to convert anyone to his music or his politics.
To put it bluntly: you don't get him, you evidently never got him, so shove OFF.
Oh dear. Death threats, capital letter "shouting and screaming", trashing your own stuff, people are getting completely overwrought here.
Morrissey's views on animal rights are well known, the fact that he doesn't always appear to think things through before he speaks (just like all of us) is also well known. Nothing new or different has been said. It is obviously true that there are more animal lives lost every day to fast food than in any act of violence towards humans. Morrissey feels strongly enough about this to mention it at his show. I don't think it was just a throw-away remark but a deep felt belief that he wanted to get across. Should he have said anything at all in times of national grieving? a bit unnecessary maybe but Morrissey always speaks from the heart and that's why we have him in our lives.
Now, of course we are all entitled to disagree, never buy his stuff, never darken the door of his gigs again but come on. The stuff being written on here (by people who can't even spellhis name btw) is ridiculous. Mass hysteria seems to have broken out. Get a bit of perspective here, a singer has said something you don't agree with. Use your right to reply and then go on with your lives.
On the other hand you can smash up your own backyard, throw away your possessions, gorge yourselves on meat, buy several McDonalds daily for the rest of your lives, yes that'll teach him!!! And there you all are calling on psychiatric help for HIM.
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My God... You call yourself a Liverpool supporter (obviously, because of the mentioning of the lies printed by the S**), and you tell US to get over it???
Have you told Hillsborough Justice Campaign to get over it?
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He is upset because it is an egregious foregrounding of a dismissive attitude, at a time when that attitude is virtually the official stance of this website. That is obvious. It is also a mistake no high school newspaper editor wouldn't be taken to task over--yet you're prepared to argue into the night over it. It is what you "historically" have done. People who want you to do other than you do want to "censor" you, and censor others, and so on and so on. Etc etc etc.
Please stop deflecting criticism rather than responding to it. There is a difference.
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