NEWS: Morrissey Hates Canada

This is how I feel when any celebrity takes a stand on anything. Or, as The Onion so astutely noted, three years ago Sheryl Crow Unsuccessful; War On Iraq Begins

[Edited on Apr 10, 2006 by mr_gosh]

I think this is kind of pathetic....."oooooooohhhh well" (Smiths, Hmmm) But Morrisssey is cool, no doubt about it!

How could anyone hate Canada even if seal hunts arn't the most humane activity around.

one of the best/worst band names around at the moment:

The Seal Cub Clubbing Club

i guess they wont be supporting Morrissey on his tour

Why should everyone but celebrities be able to take a stand on issues?

It isn't the stance itself that annoys me. It's the sanctimonious attitude that usually follows it that gets on my tits.

They make nice coats, their good eating. Now I know I'm going to get freaked at and I'm stirring a hornets nest here. But the seal hunt has supported my extended family (not mine granted, I'm a Commercial diver, Dads an engineer, Moms a nurse). BUT both Grandfathers operated seal hunts, the money was very important to seasonal fisherman as it still is to members of my extended family today.

My Uncles shoot their seals, they are legally within there right to club, but it is not done. The seals hunted by my family are not the baby white coats, they are adults. The money that is generated by the hunt is what gets your fishing boat back in the water in the spring. Or what gets you through a winter in a more isolated region where there is little winter employment.

This is a sustainable resource it can support many people. The numbers of seals are very high and they are getting smaller, fighting for food that is not there. Weight and size of seals is on the drop and numbers on the rise. You do the math.

I won't say I'm in favor of clubbing. I'm not, I don't see a need for it. Shoot and make your life easy. But it has been deemed if done properly, a safe, humane and fast way of killing the seal by many organizations. But my personal thought is there is no need of it.

I like steak I like seal, to eat either you have to kill it. To make my shoes we kill cows. Its a good thing greenpeace doesn't make any money off the slaughter of cows or we'd be hearing the same thing. Seals are cute, cows chew cud and pigs roll in crap. Green peace makes loot off the seal hunt.

God didn't anyone else find Paul's wife a pain in the ass on CNN? I'd prefer to be clubbed in the skull then have to listen to her shrill crap voice and her spoon fed facts, lack of geographical, cultural and ecological knowledge. In a world so upside down and backwards there are definitely more important points to be made and torches to be carried. Human rights violations, illegal occupations of countries, a Genocide in Sudan/ Dafur. I think a priority change is necessary. GENOCIDE and in the news I hear more about the seal hunt. Seals with clubs or humans with machetes? Whats more important to you?

Morrisey? WHO CARES? He's a musician who took a stand on a crap cause. Next time pick something that matters, better your fellow man. Bono's annoying in my eyes too but at least he's fighting for some real causes. And maybe he might make a small difference.



[Edited on Apr 11, 2006 3:36AM]

You dont need to use game for food and clothing..? Some societies still might however seeing as you live in America Im guessing you may just have some food and clothing shops near you. Which makes your hunting mindless killing in my books.

what about all the Canadian Morrissey fans who share his indignation and want a stop to the seal hunt? they don't get to see their hero just because the powers that be are morally questionable? oh, well, that's entirely fair, isn't it...

the man is one of the greatest lyricists of our time but he's also a myopic prick.

But I thought canada was where all the good people lived not like us evil americans.

Tell me its not true Moz!!

Maybe Morriesy should look at a map and realise how big this country is. I'm about as far away as one can possibly be from the seal hunt and to lump me into the same group of people as the hunters is pretty absurd. The new Federal Government here is dedicated to letting each region run it's own affairs so expecting them to ban the hunt is wishful thinking.
This protest would be far more effective if it was centered on where the hunt takes place.

Yeah, he lives here, too, doesn't he?

I once had a seal look at me like it was gonna kill me. I could tell it wanted to, badly. They are cute on TV, but have a nasty temper. They say seals never forget. Or forgive.

Seriously, Morrisey -- even the seals are laughing at you!

I love Morrissey

i remember him on a chat show once:

host: i really like you..can i be your friend?
morrissey:..........no

America has hordes of people whose job it is to exterminate our insect and rat brethren.

Why is it the animal rights folks only seem to care about the cute and fluffy animals?

Wait a goddamn second, Freakpirate. YOU Canucks are the bad guys for once here, and I want to enjoy it before you fuckers go and burn down the White House again.

We really ought to ban your PMs from visiting the place over that one.

That's ridiculous. Are lobsters cute? Are trout? Are cows? I think some rats are cute. The difference is, rats and bugs intrude on our lives and spread disease.

And even if the animal rights people did only care about cute animals (which is actually only true about people not interested in animal rights), what you seem to be saying in your post is "instead of only caring about cute animals, you should not care about any of them," which I think you will have some trouble finding support for. Or are you just trying to point out a non-existent hypocrasy instead of actually saying something about the issue at hand?

i hunt for sport i also eat whatever i kill and i give its hide to someone that can make it into some type of clothing and usually i ask him to give it to someone at the vets home or someother nursing home so i wouldnt exactly say its mindless killing

hmm

[Edited on Apr 17, 2006 by joeywrists]

No no, the difference is that the first three on that list are delicious. Won't someone please think of the non-tasty animals?!