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

Once again he shoots himself in the foot.

Morrissey: 'Norway Attacks Nothing Compared To Actions Of Fast Good Giants' - Gigwise
He claims...

Morrissey has courted criticism after he reportedly compared the actions of fast food companies to the recent attacks in Norway.

At least 76 people died last week in two separate attacks which were both orchestrated by far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik.

Morrissey, a staunch vegetarian, made reference the massacre during a performance in at Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland earlier this week, according to the Daily Mirror.

Before playing The Smiths' song 'Meat is Murder', he is quoted as saying: “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 Sh*t every day.”

Video footage of Morrissey performing the song has been published on YouTube, but it omits his alleged introduction.

Morrissey's comment is the latest in a string of outbursts in recent months, many of which have focussed on animal welfare.

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Link from Tingle3:

Morrissey says Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast food chains - Daily Mirror
by Ashleigh Rainbird

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.”

Two nights earlier the singer introduced the same song with another lambasting of the brands.

Gig-goers took to his fan sites to condemn the his outburst. One wrote: “The killing of children compared to KFC & McDonald’s?!!! What an ass****!”

Another wrote: “I really don’t know if that is *forgivable? Or of any use to the vegetarian cause?”

A spokesman said last night: “Morrissey has decided not to comment any further as he believes his statement speaks for itself.”

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Update 10/18/2011:

Sistasheila posted the link to the video and actual words spoken during the concert:



"Despite the love, we do live on a murderous planet,
as you will have seen over the last few days in Norway.
Murder murder murder.
But really, every single day, worse things happen in KFC and McDonalds.
Murder, murder, murder, murder, murder..."

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Link from inourbritches:
Morrissey: 'McDonald's, KFC worse than Norway massacre' - Digital Spy

Also, links posted by anonymous persons in the Warsaw post-show:
Meat biz worse than Norway: Morrissey - LFPress / Wenn.com
Morrissey lekceważąco o norweskiej tragedii - Interia.pl
Morrissey: – Massakren i Norge er ingenting mot massakren på Mc Donald's hver dag - tv2.no

80s Icon in Hot Water, a Facebook Status Leads To an Arrest, and a Whale Thanks its Rescuers in a Touching Way - Yahoo! News blog. Link from Desert Bee.

 

[Anonymous]

...how he can equate animal killing with the killing of innocent human lives

I understand his views on vegetarianism but to compare that to the killing of innocent people is just wrong

The killings in Norway were innocent people

All this talk about 'innocent' humans - what about the 'innocent' animals that die by their millions so you can enjoy a tasty hamburger or chicken mcnugget?

 

[Anonymous]

FAO David Tseng

Why do you allow this crap to remain on the site?
You know for a fact it isn't true.

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threa...is-site-into-gutter-get-him-ejected-from-show

You also know that, apart from the 'April Fool' story, where I made one comment, until all the usual nonsense started and I had to defend myself (of course all my subsequent comments were deleted), and the recent furore over your eviction/banning, where I commented that it wasn't before time (more nonsense from you and your minions, and once again all my subsequent posts on those threads deleted, while the lies and abuse directed at me was left on display of course), I haven't posted here for years.
See the 'morrisseyblogspot' and you'll find the real culprit, who, astonishingly, has spent SEVEN years dragging my name through the shit. Whatever went on 5-7 years ago here, I moved on, although it was fun to come back and prod your twitching corpse with a stick recently. I suggest you do the same. I would make a similar suggestion to 'Road Hog', and the hundreds of other aliases blogspot guy infests the internet with, but he's much too far gone.

I'll never post here again, but be assured that I wish you and your moderators the very worst for the rest of your lives.

 

[Anonymous]

you are just as low as they get...... go hug your animals

 

[Satlook]

Re: Article: Morrissey: Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast

Text from his new song Scandinavia perfomed for the first time at the concert where he made his gruesome statement:
«I despise each syllable in Scandinavia. Let the people burn, let their children cry and die in blind asylum».

How can he???? Children have been murdered and he makes idiotic statements like that.

No wrong the first time " Scandinavia " was played in Aarhus Denmark july 13.
This is before the Norway disaster.

 

[Anonymous]

So Morrissey means that the worst thing that happened on the Utöya island was bonfire barbecuing? Moron!

 

[Road Hog]

Re: Article: Morrissey: Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast

FAO David Tseng

Why do you allow this crap to remain on the site?
You know for a fact it isn't true.

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threa...is-site-into-gutter-get-him-ejected-from-show

You also know that, apart from the 'April Fool' story, where I made one comment, until all the usual nonsense started and I had to defend myself (of course all my subsequent comments were deleted), and the recent furore over your eviction/banning, where I commented that it wasn't before time (more nonsense from you and your minions, and once again all my subsequent posts on those threads deleted, while the lies and abuse directed at me was left on display of course), I haven't posted here for years.
See the 'morrisseyblogspot' and you'll find the real culprit, who, astonishingly, has spent SEVEN years dragging my name through the shit. Whatever went on 5-7 years ago here, I moved on, although it was fun to come back and prod your twitching corpse with a stick recently. I suggest you do the same. I would make a similar suggestion to 'Road Hog', and the hundreds of other aliases blogspot guy infests the internet with, but he's much too far gone.

I'll never post here again, but be assured that I wish you and your moderators the very worst for the rest of your lives.

"hasn't posted for years" but he appears like a fly to the s--- the moment his name's mentioned? Yeah right. Get a life and stop impersonating Morrissey, stop posting spiteful anti-Morrissey comments and stop wasting space defending him against your own anonymous attacks. Morrissey will eject you in London - you have been warned, Paul.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Article: Morrissey: Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast

To be honest this norway thing means f*** all to me

very sad and all that but thats it

shall i tell you about my life

peter green
man of the world

irene

"A spokesman said last night: “Morrissey has decided not to comment any further as he believes his statement speaks for itself.”

I give him credit for not embarrassing himself any further.

 

[Road Hog]

Honestly, you can't make this stuff up. I defend animals at Krakow (on Sunday) and my comments are twisted and put in all the newspapers as front page news by Thursday. Now I ask you - if this was really about news, don't you think the story might have been covered on Monday?? You can bet that man has been emailing this story to all the news desks, along with quotations from his website attacking me, in a desperate ploy to whip up some publicity and draw in a few desperate newbies to his moribund website. It's shocking what depths certain people will plumb to drum up trade when their careers appear to be going down the pan. Disgusting.

To make matters worse, the Telegraph hacks seem to think the above picture is representative of how I look.

Daily Telegraph story

God, I look like a slightly perpelexed pensioner who's gone and misplaced his free bus pass, only to discover it in the refrigerator. Unbelievable. Does ahyone seriously believe that picture wasn't hand-picked to make my comment seem more absurd than it actually is?? This is just about getting old Mozza again.

"Following the outburst, fans expressed their anger at his comments online.

One fan wrote: "The killing of children compared to KFC & McDonald’s?!!! What an -------!", while another said: “I really don’t know if that is forgivable? Or of any use to the vegetarian cause?"

Others called for his retirement and said "there are no good vibes around him".

Still, my hair looks quite good. I'm 52 you know, now. No spring chicken, so to speak.

BTW the so-lowers who wrote those comments about my retirement - go f*** yourselves.

And if I cancel London, you know who you can blame...

...And still not in yahoo.co.uk's top 10 searches. God, only two comments on the Telegraph site. Honestly, it's like I hardly even exist...

hehe

www.morrisseysworld.blogspot.com

 

[A Norwegian]

If You ignorants just try, even the faintest try, to explain that what that IDIOT siad has the faintest of brain and logic behind, then You should fast and very swift get Your heads and arses checkd out by a doc.. so run.. now to the nearest hospital and get a FULL check!!

 

[Anonymous]

If You ignorants just try, even the faintest try, to explain that what that IDIOT siad has the faintest of brain and logic behind, then You should fast and very swift get Your heads and arses checkd out by a doc.. so run.. now to the nearest hospital and get a FULL check!!

 

[King Leer]

This is going viral in the mainstream media. Search for "Morrissey " on Google news and sort by date.

 

[Anonymous]

Of course the comments are a bit melodramatic

but as a Morrissey fan a broader question remains:

Will Morrissey have ANY fans left after this European tour?

First he alienated meat-eaters with the frisking, then his web-obsessives with the whole f*** morrissey solo thing, then there were the Swedes from Helingbourg when he cancelled due to 'rain' and now Norwegians, middle England and the entire emotionally literate world are angry at him.

Come on Moz, unless you want to play your next tour to Joey Barton, Freeyourself and a couple of Millwall fans in burberry caps, you really do need to stop alienating people.

 

[Jens Kristensen]

Morrisey. Shame on you! Deeply shame!

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Article: Morrissey: Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast

But this time he's right! I absolutely despise what happens daily at the KFC and Mac Donalds.

you are sick sick people, i hope you get well again somtime.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Article: Morrissey: Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast

But this time he's right! I absolutely despise what happens daily at the KFC and Mac Donalds.

What? you can't compare the two. Murder of innocent children and the consumption of meat..

I knew there were extremists in religion, politics and so on. You are now better than they.. your lack of compassion for those that lost there lives and dear ones is despising. I sincerely hope you are a troll.

 

[Satlook]

This is the citaat from " "mhics" he was at the gig:

He did say it. Just sat here in my Warsaw hotel room before flying back and thinking about it.
Pretty much word for word he said - we all live in a murderous world, as the events in Oslo have shown, but worse things happen in the likes of MacDonalds and KFC.
Seems bad written down but I don,t think he meant to belittle the events in Norway, it was just a link into Meat is Murder, which was played next.
Didn't seem to go down badly with the crowd, maybe it went unnoticed?

People, don't let the story goes his own way.
The press gives his own turn on it.
All those internet journalist where not at the polish gig , but they read things on site's like " So-Low " and makes all those story's worser.

 

[Anonymous]

Morrissey, you have completely lost it. If only you had an ounce of empathy or humanity left. It's hard to take you seriously when you put beasts above people. You realize statements like this make people want to go out at beat baby seals rather than go vegan? By spreading hate in the name of your cause, you only breed hate for those that sympathize with your cause. No one will listen to you - in fact, people will and rightly so spit in your face - if cannot display the basic courtesy and compassion you pretend to be promoting.

 

[AnonymousNorway]

I hope he has an heartattack...

 

[starless]

Well I was there and he only said that the number of animals killed every day is nothing compared to the number of people who had been killed in Norway.

Yeah, it might be in bad taste but this is just what a pop singer quipped during a live gig in Warsaw. What's the big deal?

If it were the PM of Norway who said it then it would be news.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Article: Morrissey: Norway massacre is "nothing" compared to the actions of fast

why should morissey care less about norwegians, at the last ccount hes only been livin in 4 countries one of which wasnt norway

my bet is hes paying tax in switzerland[ best bet out of the 4

and they say greed isnt endemic

cant say i blame him if i had all tha money to squander id prob put it away for the grandkids


still need him to play my brother jake in his intro

fantastic song

irene
free nineteen seventy
ireneQwhy UOTE=Jens Kristensen;1986665580]Morrisey. Shame on you! Deeply shame![/QUOTE]