Morrissey says Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast food chains

[Lars77]

Source: Mirror

MORRISSEY has sparked outrage after saying the tragedy in Norway was “nothing” compared to the actions of fast food chains.

The controversial singer, 52, made his remark while on stage at a gig in Warsaw on Sunday night.

Before launching into his hit Meat is Murder, the outspoken vegetarian made reference to the horrific events last Friday.

Referring to the death toll as thought at the time he said: “We all live in a murderous world, as the events in Norway have shown, with 97 dead. Though that is nothing compared to what happens in McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried S*** every day.”



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[dipsydoodle]

1. I've always considered him to be weird

This kinda confirms it. Hardly surprising that it caused outrage.

[ellenrr]

2. I don't think it's weird. It's courageous to speak the truth like that, knowing that scorn will rain

down on him.
It's only outrageous if you assume that human life is sacred, while non-human life is not.

[Lars77]

8. Bit too soon maybe? Considering there's still many people missing? nt

[CBGLuthier]

18. Or we could just think he is an ASSHOLE

Because only an ASSHOLE would say such an ASSHOLE thing.


Only assholes bend every fucking tragedy to their agenda. He is an asshole and anyone who agrees with him is pretty close to an asshole themselves.

[harmonicon]

24. Sure. Say that to the face of a parent whose child was shot to death.

"Come on. Chillax. There are people down the street eating fried chicken every day. Those chickens' parents know your pain, but you don't see them crying."

[SkyDaddy7]

29. WHATEVER! I cherish all living things...

but to equate the life of a cow or a chicken with the life of child is taking one's politics to point of insanity. It just makes any worthwhile stance one would have for animal rights & makes a joke out it.

[GillesDeleuze]

39. Wow, what an utter lack of context.

You care more about cows going to slaughter than the illegal immigrants who pick your vegetables for your high and mighty diet.

Contempt for humanity, thats what that sounds like.

[Bluenorthwest]

43. Scorn? How much do you think he was paid for that show?

Answer: more than you make this quarter. Some kind of scorn. What he was doing was exploiting the story as a way to promote his own musical products. Exploiting life to make a buck, exploiting tragedy, for profit. It is outrageous if you feel all life is more sacred than some hacks bank account.
Meat Is Murder, but sing that song and you make a killing. An exploitative hack calling others exploitative as part of his exploitation.
The carbon footprint of a tour like his is degrading to the environment. But, it makes money for the man, and thus, it is off the list of things we consider morally. That is, it is what he does, and therefore it is good. I reject that concept.

[GillesDeleuze]

52. that.was.awesome. nt

[sylveste]

56. "don't kid yourself

jimmy, if a cow ever got the chance he'd eat you and everyone you care about".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bps-xbo8wnA

[toppertwot]

32. HE IS INSENSITIVE

because he does not even hear the bone chilling cries of a carrot as he grinds it up in his teeth.

[eShirl]

3. "Before launching into his hit Meat is Murder..."

:rofl:
I had no idea

[sofa king]

6. For those youngsters who still don't....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xacRTqk5QFM

[Evasporque]

16. "The Smiths", "Meat Is Murder" albums were soundtracks of my 20s..

I agree with Morrissey. I don't eat fast food. It is disgusting and horrible and a tragedy of Epic proportions...

How about that for some Radical Left posting...

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. Soundtrack of my teens, but yeah

Very clearly one of the most brilliant musical works of the 80's.

Morrissey is always saying fucked up shit. This will blow over like every other controversy he's caused.

[GillesDeleuze]

40. You agree that an animal should be treated better

than the illegal immigrant picking your veggies. hmm.. curious.

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[Mosby]

55. what does fast food have to do with anything?

How are fast food products different than what is served at chains like applebees, outback,chilis, olive garden and mimis?

Frankly if you take a little time looking at the nutritional menus you will see that chains like the ones I mentioned have much more unhealthy food than the fast food chains, but for whatever reason places like mcdonalds have become easy targets.

[Codeine]

20. A great song from one the the greatest albums of the 80s. nt

[eShirl]

50. For whatever reason the album, song, singer and band were all completely off my radar in the 80s.

and 90s
and 00s

[Kolesar]

4. Bigmouth Strikes Again

Animal rights activists make outrageous statements to attract publicity. Having said that, would anybody like to make the case for why I should start eating at McDonalds or Colonel Bucket's?

[rucky]

9. LOL

[Evasporque]

15. ding ding ding! Mr. Shankly!...nt

[Codeine]

23. Sweetness, I was only joking when I said. . . nt

[harmonicon]

25. It's cheap and available? nt.

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. You win the thread!

...and I've got no right to take my place with the human race....

:rofl:

[Renew Deal]

49. The Colonel has the secret recipe of 7 herbs and spices!

I love some Origianl Recipe KFC. :9

[abq e streeter]

5. Disgusting

[madrchsod]

7. he fits the profile of a desperate rock star

say something totally off the wall to attract attention.

at least we know "where are they now"

[Ikonoklast]

10. He's nuts.

All the chickens that have ever been, or ever will be aren't worth a single human life.

I see an apology coming soon from that racist prick.

[liberal N proud]

11. How do you twist a mass killing to fast food?

[oldironside]

12. The man is an arse.

He has always been an arse. It looks very much like he will always be an arse. Just ignore him.

[Diclotican]

13. Lars77

Lars77

Wel, thats make it for me.. never a new CD from his again in my CD player... Even tho, he have made some great CDs true the ages...

Diclotican

[Lars77]

36. Piratebay from here on out. nt

[Diclotican]

45. Lars77

Lars77

Amen "brother":P after this, he would not be given a dime of my money... He could have behaved somewhat, less than a week after a horrible act like this happend.. Guess he wasen't that loud when WTC was hit in 2001...

Diclotican

[Crowman1979]

14. That reminds me of this MST3k clip involving him.

I know this is not related to this subject, but it's hilarious and describes Morrissey perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQR78U6zvGI

[Codeine]

22. I'm a huge Morrissey fan and have been for a quarter-century,

but when I first saw that skit back in the day I laughed so hard that my sides hurt. Mike Nelson FTW!

[lunatica]

17. Statements like that are totally counterproductive

It doesn't matter if there's truth in such statements. It just alienates people and the person talking like that gets fringed as being nuts.

[gauguin57]

19. Cool people sometimes say really stupid things. This makes me wince.

Despite being a vegetarian myself, I would never even think the thought that came out of Moz's mouth.

But I can get pretty hot under the collar whenever I think about how chickens and pigs and cows are so often treated before it becomes America's food. Horrible, horrible, horrible. When I see a truck of tiny, crowded cages of birds or animals that have lived a crappy life and will have a crappy death so people can lick their chops over MEAT!!, I want to run the truck off the road.

The Smiths were right: Meat (as it is often produced in this country) is Murder.

The Norway tragedy is a whole OTHER category of horrible, though. No comparison, Moz!!!

[Codeine]

21. Moz, Moz, Moz.

I love you but DAMN! You do say some remarkably stupid shit sometimes.

[harmonicon]

26. Rich people are ADORABLE!!!

Oh.... just savour that insanity. I used to hate Morrissey. As Robert Smith said, "If Morrissey says, 'don't eat meat', then I'm going to eat meat, because I hate Morrissey."

Now, however, I think he's the closest thing we have going to 1970s Elvis, and it's just adorable.

[blank space]

27. when they asked

Beowoulf why he was a cannibal, he said because they are plentiful, easy to catch and taste good.

from the History Chanel on Early British cannibalism in tribal Britain......OH YES !!!

[fujiyama]

28. What the fuck does one thing have to do with another?

What a meaningless, not to mention insensitive association.

[robcon]

30. Some will say anything to get attention.

The 'actions' of fast food companies are to sell what people want.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. Norway AND fast food are NOTHING compared to

I'll get back to you when I want to draw media attention to me and my pet issues, by opportunistically exploiting victims.

Until then, I won't have much to say about Norway. It's just too sad.

[Blasphemer]

35. Exactly...

It's fine to be passionate about an issue but don't exploit the victims of a heinous tragedy to draw attention to it.

[GillesDeleuze]

48. M could have compared norway to children dying in iraq, etc

political violence can be compared to political violence. but diets? c'mon. rock star pet issues are always more important

[Bosso 63]

37. Timing and context matter.

I'd think that a musician would understand that concept.

[mackerel]

38. Love his music, love The Smiths, I could do without the concerts

and all the has been chicks carrying around sunflowers and Wilde quotes.

Too soon for sure but as they say "there is no bad press."

[GillesDeleuze]

41. LOL! good point!

[GillesDeleuze]

42. LOL! good point!

[musette_sf]

44. Beavis & Butt-Head Explain It All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WON-Gw1KgAY

:Butt-head: This is really beginning to piss me off, Beavis.
:Beavis: Yeah, really!
:Butt-head: Get off the ground and stop whining, you wuss!
:Beavis: Get up! Get up, stand up straight, and quit acting like a wuss! Quit whining, go out and get a job and some good clothes!
:Butt-head: You tell him, Beavis!
:Beavis: Yeah, yeah, yeah! And another thing, stay away from those rocks!

[GoneOffShore]

51. He's a schmuck. And not a deep thinker by the sound of it.

[alp227]

53. He also celebrated Reagan's death n/t

[Danger Mouse]

54. I love the Smiths, but STFU Morrisey, you whiny turd.

[Cool Logic]

57. Proving that a good voice doesn't necessarily include a good brain.