Morrissey - The Falkland Islands belong to Argentina

[gordondaviesmoustache]

exactly when / what did Morrissey say that was racist?

You can't help but feel the Chinese are a sub-species

September 2010

He also spends half his life complaining about how Britain has lost its identity to immigration. I wouldn't say that is racist within itself but when coupled with comments like the one above, yes.

Not sure that the Chinese are actually a race as such,but it is hard to defend such remarks.
The man courts controversy - was it Oscar Wilde who said 'the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about'?
I presume he is touring soon,or has a cd to flog,and any publicity is good publicity when you are a fat,middle-aged man who once mattered,but just can't accept that he is no longer relevant.

I'm trying to come to terms with this too and can confirm that it isn't easy.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

September 2010

He also spends half his life complaining about how Britain has lost its identity to immigration. I wouldn't say that is racist within itself but when coupled with comments like the one above, yes.

Not sure that the Chinese are actually a race as such,but it is hard to defend such remarks.
The man courts controversy - was it Oscar Wilde who said 'the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about'?
I presume he is touring soon,or has a cd to flog,and any publicity is good publicity when you are a fat,middle-aged man who once mattered,but just can't accept that he is no longer relevant.

I'm trying to come to terms with this too and can confirm that it isn't easy.

The poignancy of that remark was not lost on me either mate.
Only i'm not sure I was ever relevant.
Or mattered,come to that.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Not sure that the Chinese are actually a race as such,but it is hard to defend such remarks.
The man courts controversy - was it Oscar Wilde who said 'the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about'?
I presume he is touring soon,or has a cd to flog,and any publicity is good publicity when you are a fat,middle-aged man who once mattered,but just can't accept that he is no longer relevant.

I'm trying to come to terms with this too and can confirm that it isn't easy.

The poignancy of that remark was not lost on me either mate.
Only i'm not sure I was ever relevant.
Or mattered,come to that.

You matter to me, you sentimental old marxist/leninist/stalinist/trotskyist fool.

 

[Skashion]

Not sure that the Chinese are actually a race as such,but it is hard to defend such remarks.
The man courts controversy - was it Oscar Wilde who said 'the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about'?
I presume he is touring soon,or has a cd to flog,and any publicity is good publicity when you are a fat,middle-aged man who once mattered,but just can't accept that he is no longer relevant.

It is incidental when the man who spoke the words does. Otherwise he would not have used the word species. The Han Chinese are at any rate and they constitute the vast vast majority of the Chinese population.

I'm guessing he's touring right now as he said it in Argentina itself.<br /><br />-- Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:58 am --<br /><br />

You matter to me, you sentimental old marxist/leninist/stalinist/trotskyist fool.

I love how they all blend into one in your mind.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

I'm trying to come to terms with this too and can confirm that it isn't easy.

The poignancy of that remark was not lost on me either mate.
Only i'm not sure I was ever relevant.
Or mattered,come to that.

You matter to me, you sentimental old marxist/leninist/stalinist/trotskyist fool.

Aw thanks for that - I felt a warm glow then,and not in a Virgo-esque way!
Don't worry - i'll post some reactionary claptrap before the game,and the fleeting ambiance will be lost.

 

[allan harper]

Morriseys a boring ****

Pmsl ! Best comment so far and one I agree with.

 

[SWP's back]

Morriseys a boring ****

Pmsl ! Best comment so far and one I agree with.

I learnt it of GSC to be fair.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

You matter to me, you sentimental old marxist/leninist/stalinist/trotskyist fool.

I love how they all blend into one in your mind.

Give me some credit, baby.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

no, they're not.

glad that the world isn't run by some old fogey singer geezer that middle aged men take as the Messiah when he is completely and utterly irrelevant.

 

[SWP's back]

Morrisey is as relevant today as blue nun and chocolate fondue