Posted on 12/05/2009 9:23:59 AM PST by Child AbuseWatch
Oh for cryin’ out loud.........Townsend’s NOT a pedophile. This is idiocy.
Someone should get off their lazy duff and do their homework.
Since when is NFL football, or any professional-level sport a family pastime? The other day I was watching an NHL hockey game, and noticed a little girl, about four or five years old, sitting with her father behind the bench, as the coach and one of his players went on a foul-mouthed, multiple F-word tirade that lasted several minutes. I could only wonder why the devil any parent would expose his child to something like that.
What? Good grief, that the first I have heard about this. I knew Gary Glitter had legal problems stemming from child prostitution, but I hadn't heard anything about Towshend. Another depraved rocker - who would have guessed it? /s
What a retarded article.
A six-year old boy was also listed as a sex offender - in his case for innocently patting some girls behind. Is he an offender; period as well?
Even if he was, I don’t quite see how that has any bearing on his ability to play music. There wont be any little kids on the field. There’s no law that says he can’t play a half time show.
A little extreme, don’t you think? Are radio stations supposed to stop playing the gazillion different hits from The Who as well?
I find this a very odd choice, regardless of Pete's "research".
...Who else?
Yep, he was only viewing the child porn for research purposes. He was going to tell the authorities about how easy it was to access the images and videos, but decided not too after talking to his attorney...
That is his story and he is sticking too it. It might be true, but it might not be. The problem for the NFL is that they set a strict standard by forcing Rush out of ownership on hearsay evidence, and misquotes. They claim they want a squeaky clean image... Reality is too funny...
From Wikipedia:
“As part of the Operation Ore investigations, Townshend was cautioned by the police in 2003 after acknowledging a credit card access in 1999 to the Landslide website alleged to advertise child pornography. He stated in the press and on his website that he had been engaged in research for A Different Bomb (a now-abandoned book based on an anti-child pornography essay published on his website in January 2002) and his autobiography, and as part of a campaign against child pornography. The police searched his house and confiscated 14 computers and other materials, and after a four-month forensic investigation confirmed that they had found no evidence of child abuse images. Consequently, the police offered a caution rather than pressing charges, issuing a statement: ‘After four months of investigation by officers from Scotland Yard’s child protection group, it was established that Mr Townshend was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images.’ In a statement issued by his solicitor, Townshend said, ‘I accept that I was wrong to access this site, and that by doing so, I broke the law, and I have accepted the caution that the police have given me.’ As a statutory consequence of accepting the caution, Townshend was entered on the Violent and Sex Offender Register for five years.”
Response: The people running the NFL are not dumb. They just do not care and the populace supports the NFL's lack of concern.
Comment: Always remember the four pillars of today's thought process: Hysteria, Histrionics, Decadence and Degeneration
A poor selection of seats on the part of the father. I always was careful about that with my son until he was 12 or so.
Michael Jackson had already touched all them damn kids when he did the superbowl.
Besides the fact that Townshend and Daltry are in their mid-60's without Keith Moon and John Entwistle they can't approach their live performances of the 60's and 70's.
Who's Next (no pun intended), Lynyrd Skynrd? The Grateful Dead? REO Speedwagon?
I think you're here to simply pimp your site. Some of you "crusaders" are as dangerous as real criminals.
Are you going to respond to any of the replies? Because you’re looking like every other hit and run blog pimper who tries to promote themselves through us.
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