Very disappointed with Morrissey

[DrRingDing]

He's playing Tel Aviv on the 21st July.

Shocking.

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/alexander-billet/morrisseys-big-mouth-silent-apartheid

 

[ska invita]

The IDF is nothing compared to the actions of KFC

 

[Steel Icarus]

And after his previously unblemished record.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Yeah, he's always been a bit of a cunt hasn't he?
Ace thread title though

 

[ska invita]

If he ever played at a KFC fun run that would be disappointing

 

[goldenecitrone]

The Wagner of pop music. Kind of.

 

[audiotech]

The pay cheque is guaranteed to be huge.

 

[DotCommunist]

Feet of clay I tell thee

 

[DotCommunist]

did he ever do sun city during apartheid?

 

[Libertad]

did he ever do sun city during apartheid?

Yes, yes he did.

 

[biggus dickus]

Is Israel really that bad?

The fucking world cup is going to be in Qatar! Are we going to hate all of the players who go to the world cup because they are playing in Qatar

I'd love to go to Israel myself

 

[audiotech]

Ask the people of Gaza, those in refugee camps, in jails, those who have had their houses bulldozed, relatives of the dead.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Never understood why this guy gets any attention, he's always been shit.

 

[killer b]

you're a cloth-eared moron though.

 

[audiotech]

To be clear, I do like his music. Especially this one:

 

[DrRingDing]

Is Israel really that bad?

Where do you start with that one?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

you're a cloth-eared moron though.

Well if not liking some aging racist rocker makes someone a moron then all praise to the morons!

 

[DrRingDing]

Is Israel really that bad?

The fucking world cup is going to be in Qatar! Are we going to hate all of the players who go to the world cup because they are playing in Qatar

I'd love to go to Israel myself

I thought you were ninjaboy?

 

[audiotech]

Well if not liking some aging racist rocker makes someone a moron then all praise to the morons!

I'll remind you that the NME publicly apologised recently for making such a claim against Morrisey.

 

[Pickman's model]

Is Israel really that bad?

The fucking world cup is going to be in Qatar! Are we going to hate all of the players who go to the world cup because they are playing in Qatar

I'd love to go to Israel myself

I'd love to go to palestine but I won't while the zionist entity exists

 

[biggus dickus]

Palestine was made by the British in WWI!

 

[biggus dickus]

Israel is a mess, but is it any worse than Lebanon or Syria or Egypt or anywhere next to Israel?

If it was so terrible then they could just leave...

 

[DrRingDing]

If it was so terrible then they could just leave...

Trolling or just generally a cock end?

 

[Ax^]

Are we going to hate all of the players who go to the world cup because they are playing in Qatar

regardless I've always viewed Morrissey as a bit of a dick

 

[biggus dickus]

Trolling or just generally a cock end?

I'm actually not trolling, I am drunk at the moment and I wouldn't say it sober but I'm not trolling I'm just saying that I don't see why Israel is any worse than any of it's neighbours

These aren't European countries! Look what happened last year with the 'Arab Spring', the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia quit because they wanted to but the other countries shot people etc, if the Palestinians were in any country except Israel they would have been wiped out

 

[audiotech]

Not only are you drunk, but you ain't got a clue what you're on about. Look up the word 'diaspora' for starters.

 

[biggus dickus]

It does piss me off how much hate that Israel gets from Europeans, it tied in with the right wing taking over the EU. Gentiles just have it in for us

 

[Ax^]

if the Palestinians were in any country except Israel they would have been wiped out

 

[DrRingDing]

I'm actually not trolling, I am drunk at the moment and I wouldn't say it sober but I'm not trolling I'm just saying that I don't see why Israel is any worse than any of it's neighbours

These aren't European countries! Look what happened last year with the 'Arab Spring', the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia quit because they wanted to but the other countries shot people etc, if the Palestinians were in any country except Israel they would have been wiped out

I suggest leaving this topic for now.

Then have a read of the history and what's currently going on.

 

[Riklet]

Oh biggus. Sounds like political insight on about the same level as Johnny Rotten tbh:

“If Elvis-fucking-Costello wants to pull out of a gig in Israel because he’s suddenly got this compassion for Palestinians then good on him. But I have absolutely one rule, right? Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won’t understand how anyone can have a problem with how they’re treated.”

Bollocks.

At the same time i'm not sure where I stand with cultural/musical boycots of Israel. Who else is going to transform Israeli society progressively than Israelis - both Arabs and Jews? Are they all to blame for the crimes of the state?

Definitely not sure though as it would feel right weird endorsing Morrissey or whoever else playing in Apartheid South Africa...