CAMPAIGN GROUP SEVERS TIES WITH MORRISSEY OVER CHINA COMMENTS
Executives at an anti-racism campaign group have officially axed ties wit h MORRISSEY and urged him to "grow up" after he branded the Chinese a "su bspecies".
The former The Smiths frontman provoked a storm earlier this month (Sep 10) by blasting China’s record on animal rights issues.
Describing the country’s treatment of animals as "absolutely horrific", he added: "You can’t help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies." Now bosses at U.K.-based Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) have confirmed t hey have cut all ties with Morrissey because his comments on the issue we nt "too far".
LMHR campaign spokesman Martin Smith says, "I think (our relationship w ith him has) gone now… I don’t believe it’s a mistake. I think it’s con scious, and I think he’s gone too far. In our organisation, some of the b ands have already met and talked about it, and we don’t want to be associ ated with him. We feel it’s not helpful to anybody.
"Of course, he could come out and make a clear denunciation, saying he didn’t say it - he hasn’t done that so far. And he hasn’t contacted us to say he wants to distance himself from his statements. I think really he has to grow up at minimum." In April 2008, Morrissey stepped in to save a LMHR concert in London by reportedly donating $42,000 (=C2=A328,000) to the event.
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