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| Moby Weighs In |
| 2003-01-07 |
| With thousands of U.S. troops poised on the brink of military action against Iraq, pop music superstar Moby says he's "kind of impressed" with Saddam Hussein, especially relating to the dictator's patience over the current political situation. The artist's complete discussion of the matter appears as follows, unedited for grammar and content: it goes without saying that i, like most sane people, find iraq's actions over the last 20 years to be pretty reprehensible. using chemical and biological weapons on iranians and kurds and sunni's (is it sunni's? or shiites? i forget, oops). burning the oil fields in kuwait. attacking israel with scuds. and so on. but i'm actually kind of impressed by iraq's patience right now... i mean, look at it objectively. they've opened their doors to un inspectors, they're being bombed by british and american troops, american forces are massing at their borders, american diplomats are actively looking to assinate saddam hussein, etc. it almost seems like bush is doing everything he can to taunt saddam hussein. not just 'if you step over this line i will hit you', but 'if you step over this line while i put rats on your back and put butter on the floor and make fun of your mom and move the line then i will hit you, in fact i'll hit you even if you just stand there and do nothing.' it's painfully clear that iraq should not be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction. but it also seems painfully clear that the bush administration have no intention of finding a peaceful resolution to the situation in iraq. which is a shame. cos at the end of the day peace is better than war, right? or have things changed? according to the bush administration and the american media it would seem that most americans prefer war to peace. i'm guessing that's because most americans have never actually experienced war. and just as it's easy to eat meat if you never step foot in a slaughterhouse, it's easy to espouse the virtues of war if you've never actually experienced war firsthand. it's a sign of dark and troubled times when a powerful nations leaders do their best to keep people away from the high road. moby Known for his liberal stances on social issues, Moby is a vegetarian who, according to MTV, refuses to travel anywhere by car, fearing it would damage the environment. His website features links to such groups as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the World Wildlife Fund, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and the Nature Conservancy. He supposedly got the shit kicked out of him in Boston a few weeks ago. Jeez, I wonder why? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 Well said Sam,the name moby is't realy familar to me.But I know a few vegiterians and every one of the is odd.They range from just slightly eccentric to Enviormental Zealots(i.e.Damn tree-huggers). By the way,sam where are you? I live in rural,central Arizona,U.S. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-01-08 07:24:47 |
| #5 Sigh. I really do like his music, and I really would prefer if he shut the hell up about things nonmusical. He's the kind of PC vegan idiot who calls eggs 'chicken fetuses' and meat 'cow muscles'. Yes, Moby, I HAVE seen the inside of a slaughterhouse, and whereas it wasn't a pretty sight, the animals we eat are prey in the wild (getting chased by a wolf and having your throat gnawed on by said wolf isn't preferrable to a bullet in the head). I eat meat because I like it, and because I think we're supposed to. Nature (or god) made us omnivores, for a reason. As to war, I'm not an American, so it's not for me to say, my country has promised the US full cooperation and we'll soon be in NATO, but I can't really yell 'go to war!'. I can say, however, that I think the war is necessary to ensure everyone's safety, including estonians and clueless vegan electronica artists. Moby, get this - people who support war don't want it 'cause shit gets blown up and it's cool, hehehe'. People want it because they really don't like the idea of the people who orchestrated the 9/11 attack getting a nuke or smallpox or any other lovely party trick that'll kill millions of people. |
| Posted by: Sam 2003-01-08 04:27:56 |
| #4 " but i'm actually kind of impressed by iraq's patience right now... " Who the fuck asked ya, squirt? Go siddown. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-01-08 02:13:47 |
| #3 Damage the environment? Let me guess. No drink or food is sold at his concerts. And how much energy do his concerts waste? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-08 01:39:18 |
| #2 Known for his liberal stances on social issues, Moby is a vegetarian who, according to MTV, refuses to travel anywhere by car, fearing it would damage the environment. How does this dork get around then? Horse and buggy? |
| Posted by: Bashir Gemayel 2003-01-07 23:51:58 |
| #1 ...if you step over this line while i put rats on your back and put butter on the floor and make fun of your mom and move the line then i will hit you... I think someone has Issues. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-01-07 22:08:16 |