Morrissey punishes his Canadian fans

In protest of Canada's seal hunt, Morrissey has elected to not tour in Canada and is calling for a boycott of Canadian products.

And while I support his reasoning, I will confess to feeling a little fucking miffed.

1) Most Canadians don't support the seal hunt. That includes Morrissey fans. The people who have the power to change this short of shit are unlikely to be swayed by artists, celebrities or even common folks such as myself.

2) Protests over any supposed industry -- however horrifying -- means nothing a government who rule based on the bottom line of dollars and cents.

3) The US is not exactly the kindest country to animals -- what about their hunting and trapping of animals? What about the monstrosity of McDonalds being responsible for, uh, how many millions of cows?

4) I have a secret theory that Morrissey wasn't planning on doing shows in Canada anyway. I checked his tour roster ages ago -- he's been planning this. Is it the seals? Or are the seals just a carefully placed veil over something else?


And sure, I'd love to sign a petition. I have two choices -- PETA's ("Oooh, killing baby seals is so mean" -- not exactly articulate and intelligent-sounding) and IFAW's ("We object to Danny Williams' statements on Larry King -- oh, and killing seals is bad").

So no Morrissey. And dead baby seals. Hurr-fucking-ay.