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Morrissey Boycotts Canada!

Postby bovine » 3/28/2006, 9:48 am

Morrissey's own words from morrissey-solo.com

We will not include any Canadian dates on our world tour to promote our new album. This is in protest against the barbaric slaughter of over 325,000 baby seals which is now underway.

I fully realise that the absence of any Morrissey concerts in Canada is unlikely to bring the Canadian economy to its knees, but it is our small protest against this horrific slaughter - which is the largest slaughter of marine animal species found anywhere on the planet.

The Canadian Prime Minister says the so-called "cull" is economically and environmentally justified, but this is untrue.

The seal population has looked after itself for thousand of years without human intervention, and, as the world knows, this slaughter is about one thing only: making money. The Canadian government will stream all of the pelts into the fashion industry and this is the reason why the baby seals are killed with spiked clubs that crush their skulls - any damage to their pelts is avoided. The Canadian Prime Minister also states that the slaughter is necessary because it provides jobs for local communities, but this is an ignorant reason for allowing such barbaric and cruel slaughter of beings that are denied life simply because somebody somewhere might want to wear their skin. Construction of German gas chambers also provided work for someone - this is not a moral or sound reason for allowing suffering.

If you can, please boycott Canadian goods. It WILL make a difference. As things stand, Canada has placed itself alongside China as the cruelest and most self-serving nation.


Here is a link to an article about the seal killing, if you don't already know about it http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/03/15/canada.seals.reut/index.html

I've seen some video of such hunts, and I'm no animal expert, but what they are doing looks truely barbaric. I certainly agree with the fact that Morrissey, and others, have chosen to protest the slaughter. However, not touring Canada seems like a strange way to protest. Sure, Canada will probably make some money in taxes or whatever from the tour, but (as Morrissey himself states) in the big picture, a Morrissey tour, or lack thereof, if not going to make or break the country. Morrissey is really not hurting the Canadian government to any measureable degree by not touring there. Who he's hurting is his Canadian fans - many of whom are probably opposed to the hunt themselves. Morrissey has played a few dates in the United States already (and I'm hoping for more...Philly?) and, of course, he's touring the UK extensively. I know for a fact that Morrissey is against many US and UK governmantal policies, but he's still touring in those two areas. Like I said, I support Morrissey's desire to protest the seal slaughter, but surely there must be a better way of doing so than not touring. I would be willing to bet that a lot of the fans that would go to shows in Canada are either not aware of the slaughter at all, or else just know the basics. I think that if Morrissey toured and said a few words about the hunt on stage and maybe had some people outside the shows handing out informational pamphlets or something would have a MUCH greater effect.

Thoughts?
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Postby nikki4982 » 3/28/2006, 9:53 am

Ut oh. *flees thread*
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Postby Random Name » 3/28/2006, 9:59 am

I agree. I'm walking away. :lol:
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Postby think_about_it » 3/28/2006, 10:20 am

Yikes! Wait up! *flees*
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Postby bovine » 3/28/2006, 10:31 am

Bye! :lol:
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Postby Kathy » 3/28/2006, 11:37 am

yeah, umm I don't wanna talk about this again.... *runs*
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Postby Soozy » 3/28/2006, 11:41 am

I saw this on NME yesterday, but I decided against posting it here!
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.


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Postby beautiful liar » 3/28/2006, 11:43 am

Wow! Quickest CM mass exodus from a thread EVER!!!
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Postby Random Name » 3/28/2006, 1:12 pm

Lets talk about cheese. Its a much better topic.
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Postby think_about_it » 3/28/2006, 1:21 pm

CHEESE is delish
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Postby bovine » 3/28/2006, 3:18 pm

Yeah, cheese is good, but just a tad off topic. Maybe with the revised thread title we will get some discussion? Or...maybe not :no:
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Postby Random Name » 3/28/2006, 3:19 pm

Did you miss the first like 4 pages of the general news thread or something?
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Postby bovine » 3/28/2006, 3:51 pm

Oh, probably. Sorry.

*checks*
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Postby bovine » 3/28/2006, 4:07 pm

Random Name wrote:Did you miss the first like 4 pages of the general news thread or something?


Took me like 10 minutes to find it...I thought you meant the general news thread in the music section. Finally I thought to check in the Welcome To This World section (I only go there from time to time).

Anyway, if that is indeed what you were talking about, that wasn't really the same thing as what I posted. My main point was not the seal slaughter, but the fact that Morrissey is not touring Canada to protest it. I was curious about what people thought about how he protested the slaughter, not about the slaughter itself.

Sorry if everyone considers that to be the same thing, but I don't see it as being the same.
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Postby Joe Cooler » 3/28/2006, 4:16 pm

If his aim is to sink the Canadian Economy, he will fail. If his goal is to raise awareness for his position, than he has succeeded.
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Postby bovine » 3/28/2006, 4:30 pm

Wow, someone who didn't run away...cool :)

Anyway, I see your point, but do you think it makes more of a statement to not tour there at all, or to tour there and expose the details of what is going on to his concertgoers? If I recall correctly, I think I heard that he played some type of PETA video at a bunch of (all?) shows on the You Are The Quarry tour. I mean, don't you think something like that would be more productive to his cause?
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Postby Kathy » 3/28/2006, 5:15 pm

so this is not going to turn into a debate about the seal hunt?? Promise?

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Postby bovine » 3/28/2006, 5:28 pm

Well, I can't promise that, but I certainly did not intend for that to happen.
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Postby Lando » 3/29/2006, 1:05 am

Please don't hunt him...

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Postby nikki4982 » 3/29/2006, 3:44 am

*peeks head back in* Did I hear somebody say "cheese"? *sniff*sniff*
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a brotherhood of man, imagine all the people, sharing all the <font color="#FFFFFF">world</font>...</font>

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