Re: You are terribly misinformed
> Attend a few Morrissey shows in LA and then come and talk to
> me....
> I think that people have a right to complain and to express
> their dislike towards the Mexicans. I find them their behavior
> completely disgusting. It has nothing to do with being
> judgmental, prejudicial, jelous or whatever. What more do you
> want? Some one got killed.
Well, ya know, we the white americans send our armies all over the world and kill millions of people. We killed women and children in My Li, our trade sanctions in Iraq have killed nearly a million people, all civillians which is technically illegal. Cops go into "bad" neighborhoods and kill and beat "bad" people all the time with no provocation. Drug companies forge their test results and nearly 100,000 people a year die from legal prescribed drug use. Corporations go south of the border and dump tons of toxic pollutants into the water, kill the wildlife, and make the people who live around it sick.
The point I'm getting at is that there is no race and no level of education that makes you see the value of human life. Just because someone physically has a knife in their hand and stabs you with it makes them no worse than anyone...and if you think about it, they killed one person. Not millions like our government does.
> I go to Morrissey concerts to enjoy the music. I expect to get
> pushed and crushed to an extent, but why do I also have to be
> over cautions with the fans because I might get beaten up or
> even killed.
The thing is, this was probably a personal scuffle between these two that had been brewing for a while.
>hese people are just animals and have never been
> to such a passionate general admission shows. At San Francisco,
> we got pushed, got squished, got thrown on stage etc., but never
> did I fear for my safety. I came with out any bruises while my
> sister that tried to the same at the LA shows has a bunch of
> bruises and blue spots all over her legs.
Well, gee. Are you telling me that it was only the Mexicans doing that? Are you telling me that all the white people where politely standing in a corner and looking forlornly at Morrissey way off in the distance?
When I went to Coachella and stood in line at Vegas, I really didn't see to many hispanics. I saw asians, and I saw a bunch of whiney neo yuppies, but I didn't see a large overwhelming mass of angry hispanics with brass knuckles and guns in their hands.
And being where I was, the white people were as anxious to trip over anyone to get a good spot as anyone.
> BTW, I don't know why you had such a terrible time at Coachella
> when it was such a phenomenal event for me,
everyone has their reasons.
>the best thing I've
> done this year (and I got to do a lot since I finally graduated
> from college and was able to do them).
Aren't you the lucky one. I'll bet you actually had a job waiting for you once you graduated, and one that paid something beyond way below the poverty line.
>I saw some phenomenal
> performances and I will find myself making tedious comparisons
> between those performances and the current ones for a time to
> come.
> Also, you are missing out by not going to anymore Morrissey
> shows if you are able to attend.
Don't you see? I'm not able to attend. I just got through with my own gig tonight and I have way too many other things going on to put this high on my priority list.
Even so, I won't make the time to attend. I think the hours I waste worrying about how it's going to happen, and where to go, and what to do, and whatever else I'm going to do beyond the hour Morrissey plays on stage are much better served somewhere else. The past 2 shows I've flown out to see were just more of a letdown than anything.
True, his performance at Coachella was good, but really, do I feel like standing in line at Vegas for 2+ hours with a bunch of self righteous screaming banshees, finally making it inside (if I get to make it inside at all if the idiot didn't decide to turn around and maul Boz this time and another show gets cancelled), have a bunch of people who are much bigger and stronger than I am muscle their way through to my spot regardless that they already saw 20 shows and didn't pay a dime in travelling there beyond gas money because I'm smaller and don't bite, get painfully squashed by every hippie who owned every bootleg of the Smiths and think they are better than everyone else for having this great status, and watch the show get cut off short once the westham girls decide that they want yet another chance to get on stage?
Anywhere in the country...doesn't have to be California...I feel very stupid standing in the middle of it. I feel like an idiot fighting for my turf, basically, and I don't like feeling like and idiot. I'm a mellow person by nature. It's just not in me to be punching everyone's lights out just so I can touch MOrrissey's hand, and yet, that is the only reason to go to such an event....
>I understand there is nothing
> new, but I wouldn't mind attending the remaining three shows if
> I was able even though I have already been to four. Each time
> there is something new. There something about Morrissey's
> charisma and stage presence that makes, oh-so worth it. Also,
> the dynamics of going on inside the crowd, of getting pushed,
> the jumping around, the signing etc. How often does you a
> performer to bring out such emotion in their fans and the same
> time perform an excellent set?!?
The same ones you are afraid will stab you? You need to sit down and think about this for a bit.
I'm so glad I'm a Morrissey fan right now. I
