[kj] OT: Morrissey says he won't live in England; too many immigrants

[Christof hamille]

No.  I like him more now because is irrelevant and far less popular (Hate Morrissey)

But I guess what I didn't realize is that wearing a Union Jack shirt can be construed as a racist.  In the States the rebel flag (or "Stars and Bars" in loud hick drawl) certainly represents that because of it's creation for the civil war.
But Union Jack?  I am not one to fly my country colors but if I was to have an American flag on a shirt or something that doesn't mean racist.  Jerk-off maybe but not racist.
Or was this in relation to a specific situation and not just the flag?

confused

 Morrissey sucks either way.

Chris



> From: vassifer at earthlink.net

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:02:32 -0500

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Morrissey says he won't live in England;	too many immigrants

> 

> 

> Honestly, should *ANYone* care what old Mozz has to say in 2007?

> 

> Alex in NYC

> 

> 

> 

> On Nov 29, 2007, at 7:00 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

> 

> > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=496992&in_page_id=1773 

> >  <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=496992&in_page_id=1773 

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> > Morrissey 'refuses to live in the UK because of immigration explosion'

> >

> > By JAMES SLACK -

> > The pop singer Morrissey claims he can no longer live in a Britain  

> > he believes lost to an "immigration explosion".

> >

> > The former frontman of the Smiths, who is now based in Rome, claimed  

> > England was just 'a memory now'.

> >

> > The 48-year-old added: "Other countries have held on to their basic  

> > identity yet it seems to me that England was thrown away.

> >

> > "The change in England is so rapid compared to the change in any  

> > other country.

> >

> > "If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you  

> > won't hear an English accent.

> >

> > "You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent.

> >

> > "The British identity is very attractive, I grew up into it and I  

> > find it quaint and very amusing."

> >

> > Morrissey, who has sung of his love for English culture and can  

> > count Tory leader David Cameron as a fan, is the son of an Irish  

> > immigrant family which settled in Manchester.

> >

> > In 1986, when The Smiths released their critically-acclaime

> >

> > d album The Queen is Dead, the UK had a population of 56million.

> >

> > It now stands at 60million and some predict that could almost double  

> > by 2081.

> >

> > Morrissey's comments were made in interviews with the music magazine  

> > NME.

> >

> > In the mid-1990s he was accused of racism after wearing a Union Jack  

> > on stage and releasing the songs Bengali in Platforms and the  

> > ironically-named National Front Disco.

> >

> > The singer's supporters insisted he had been seeking only to reclaim  

> > the flag from extremists.

> >

> > Tim Jonze, the reporter who conducted the interview, said:  

> > "Morrissey has had a stormy relationship with this magazine and its  

> > readers over the last three decades.

> >

> > "He might once have been the voice of a generation but given his  

> > comments in these two interviews, he's certainly not speaking for us  

> > now."

> >

> > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=496992&in_page_id=1773 

> >  <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=496992&in_page_id=1773 

> > >

> > <http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 

> > >

> >

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