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pete townshend a paedophile eh?

  • 12-01-2003 6:35pm
    #1
    mm.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭


    Well Pete Townshend has come out and stated that he is the Rock Star who is under investigation for paying for and downloading child pornography from the Internet.

    Is this the end of the legend? Or will his explanation of "research" into child abuse be belived?

    I wonder will the tabloids go for the jugular as they did with Gary Glitter and Jonathon King since Mr Townshend is "cool"?


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Its bit too early to draw any firm conclusions I'd say, but on balance I belive Townshend, even if he was foolish to go exploring. He said he'd been in touch with Scotland Yard, but they've said nothing yet
    (possibly coz going public has taken them by surprise). According to
    his brother Paul, Pete was abused as a child. And he's certainly written about the subject in a straightfoward fashion "Fiddle About"
    from Tommy being the obvious example.

    No doubt this'll keep the tabliods amused for a day or two.


    Mike.


  • #3
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    The pseudo-tabloid Sindo was pretty much behind him and the Sunday Times were the same. When it was just an unnamed "rock legend" on Saturday, I had my money on Bill Wyman...


  • #4
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    I guess 'The Kids are Alright' as far as Townsend is concerned then? :)


  • #5
    ^CwAzY^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭^CwAzY^


    Originally posted by Pigman II
    I guess 'The Kids are Alright' as far as Townsend is concerned then? :)
    Yeah except he's not in offspring?


  • #6
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    I read that Townshend only downloaded the child porn as part of an operation he was helping to run which was trying to crack down on and wipe out child porn... although what truth there is in this I don't know...


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  • #7
    daveirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,483 ✭✭✭✭daveirl


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  • #8
    ^CwAzY^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭^CwAzY^


    No :(


  • #9
    Oeneus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭Oeneus


    Originally posted by daveirl
    The Offspring did 'the kids aren't alright. The Who did 'the kids are alright'.

    Not so smart now are we....

    Heh. This is similar to a time when I was at a Train Station and I was mumbling "Sweet Child O' Mine" and some knacker came up to me and said "Sheryl Crow is fawk'n shoigh!"


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    daveirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,483 ✭✭✭✭daveirl


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  • #11
    superconor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 953 ✭✭✭superconor


    hmm, i dunno about pete. sounds dodgy to me....


    as for :
    I was mumbling "Sweet Child O' Mine" and some knacker came up to me and said "Sheryl Crow is fawk'n shoigh!"
    and
    I heard someone say that the Red Hot Chili Peppers did a good cover of the All Saints
    the standard answer to something like this is a swift kick to the testicles.........;)


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  • #12
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Originally posted by Bard
    I read that Townshend only downloaded the child porn as part of an operation he was helping to run which was trying to crack down on and wipe out child porn... although what truth there is in this I don't know...


    I don't understand how we would be involved in such an operation if it were true though. I've never heard of an operation carried out in such a manner.


  • #13
    domeara01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭domeara01


    pead townshend was doing research apparently


  • #14
    kingconor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 272 ✭✭kingconor


    I don't think he did it really!! There's something going on, the tabloids know about these arrests before they happen!!!!


  • #15
    domeara01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭domeara01


    thats true.
    the police are acting on the advice of the tabloids.
    people get arrested


  • #16
    Biodegradable
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 350 ✭✭Biodegradable


    He talks about it in his book 'Who I Am' apparently. I think it's a lazy analysis to say that he is a paedo.

    Didn't all this prove that the banks were involved in the selling of this pornography, giving that he could purchase it?


  • #17
    flasher0030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,862 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    Biodegradable wrote: »
    He talks about it in his book 'Who I Am' apparently. I think it's a lazy analysis to say that he is a paedo.

    Didn't all this prove that the banks were involved in the selling of this pornography, giving that he could purchase it?


    Can't say I've ever heard of the following situation arising:-

    Customer: "Mr Bank Manager, can I have a loan for €10,000"

    Bank Manager: "No, Sorry bout that. But I can sell you a whole load of nice child porn here, if you'd like"


  • #18
    D.Q
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    Jesus there's almost an entire age of consent between when this thread was posted originally and today.


  • #19
    xlogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 863 ✭✭✭xlogo


    Wow - was that 16 years ago - how time flies in boards ðŸ˜


  • #20
    tdf7187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭tdf7187


    D.Q wrote: »
    Jesus there's almost an entire age of consent between when this thread was posted originally and today.

    A child born on the date of the OP is now old enough for Bill Wyman and too old for Wacko Jacko.


  • #21
    Biodegradable
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 350 ✭✭Biodegradable


    flasher0030 wrote: »
    Can't say I've ever heard of the following situation arising:-

    Customer: "Mr Bank Manager, can I have a loan for €10,000"

    Bank Manager: "No, Sorry bout that. But I can sell you a whole load of nice child porn here, if you'd like"
    If one can purchase that kind of porn with a credit card on the net, then that would mean that some bank or other would have to be complicit with the porn company. That was what Pete Townshend was arguing.


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  • #22
    mm.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭mm.ie


    This aged well. How quickly we learn and how much more we understand from day to day.



  • #23
    Deregos.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭Deregos.


    Never liked Pete Townshend, not just because of his dodgy 'Internet browsing history', and that his musical abilities are totally overrated, yet! He has the nerve to say he doesn't like Led Zeppelin and that hes never liked a single thing they've done.

    What an egotistical little plonker he is.

    https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-doesnt-pete-townshend-like-led-zeppelin/

    Post edited by Deregos. on


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