Even the news of the passing Amy Winehouse was rather over shadowed on the weekend with the tragic deaths of (at least) 76 people who were killed in Norway on Friday. When Anders Behring Breivik launched a bomb attack in Oslo before shooting dozens of teenagers on the island of Utoya. We send everyone involved our deepest condolences.
The attacks sparked widespread outrage and condemnation around the world, but singer former Smiths frontman Morrissey has drawn criticism after comparing the attacks to the killing of animals by fast food chains at a gig in Warsaw on Sunday.
The Daily Mirror reports he told the crowd before singing Meat Is Murder: ‘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.’
A famous vegetarian who has just this summer changed entire menus to meat free at certain festivals. Morrissey is known for being outspoken on animal rights issues, once branding Chinese people a ‘sub-species’ because of their treatment of animals.
Morrissey isn’t a stanger to stirring the pot, he also courted controversy with his brandishment of the Union Jack and what some considered to be bordering on ‘nationalistic’ views back in the early 90. While his thoughts on immigration in an NME interview a few years ago, lead many to question his beliefs. Still without a record company some may wonder whether Morrissey has gone too far this time, and whether he is just saying things for affect and to raise his public profile.
Morrissey appears to stand by his comments, with a spokesman saying: ‘Morrissey has decided not to comment any further as he believes his statement speaks for itself.’
Orginal source: http://www.metro.co.uk/music/870664-morrissey-says-norway-massacre-nothing-compared-to-actions-of-kfc#ixzz1TP9p40ZZ
