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Pete Townsend in Southend last night....

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No, I am NOT a teacher, not that it makes any difference anyway. I am heartily sickened by the attitude of some of you and if Pubey thinks my initial post at the top of this thread is the Worst Post of the Year, then I guess he's forgetting what he wrote that caused this to be posted just about 6 months or so ago:



Yes, I have an issue - you come across as some big keyboard warrior but have successfully avoided meeting me now on three occasions, which speaks volumes. Now, you may protest all you like about Pete Townshend but his "crime" is NOT in the same bracket as any of the other accused people mentioned on here, I resent the "bullying" mentality you often apply to posts directed at me, and abhor the fact that so many on here seem to find your unpleasantness worthy of so much +rep.

There may have been an uneasy truce for a while, but I think you've made your intentions quite clear. You keep accusing me of thinking things are all about me, well, I've got news for you - they're NOT all about you either. You've shown your true colours yet again, and you've done yourself no favours in your bigotted and reactionary views.

I can assure you that I would much prefer many of those children I come across that are on the CP register to have a male role model such as Townshend than some of the complete misfits they have the misfortune to have. That is speaking as one who has had the unpleasant task of having to know the facts in some cases, and honestly - as Firestorm could probably attest to - they can be literally beyond belief.

moaning about rep?!
 
I think you'll find he is no longer on the sex offenders register. It was a five year term.

He had "fully co-operated" with the investigation and police had "unconditionally accepted" his explanation that he had looked at the site as research for his "campaign" against child pornography. He has done much work for charities, especially children's charities, both before and after the allegations. He has also done good works in the field of drug rehabilitation.

Some of his charitable stuff includes:

Townshend has been an active champion of children’s charities. The debut of Pete Townshend’s stage version of Tommy took place at San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse in July 1992. The show was earmarked as a benefit for the London-based Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation, an organization which helps children with autism and mental retardation.

Townshend performed at a 1995 benefit organized by Paul Simon at Madison Square Garden's Paramount Theatre, for The Children’s Health Fund. The following year, Townshend performed at a benefit for the Bridge School, a California facility for children with severe speech and physical impairments. In 1997, Townshend established a relationship with Maryville Academy, a Chicago area children’s charity. Between 1997 and 2002, Townshend played five benefit shows for Maryville Academy, raising at least $1,600,000. In addition, proceeds from the sales of his 1999 release Pete Townshend Live were also donated to Maryville Academy.

As a member of The Who, Pete Townshend has also performed a series of concerts, beginning in 2000, benefitting the Teenage Cancer Trust in the UK, raising several million pounds. In 2005, Townshend performed at New York’s Gotham Hall for Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope, an annual children's charity fundraiser.

When you have done 0.1 percent of that much good work, then have a go at him.

How much of this hard work for charity has been done by himself? Im certain there are a lot of people working behind the scenes who help raise this money, he is purely a celebrity who can attract people, the "real" hard work is done by the volunteers who dont have millions of pounds in the bank, and make it their life to raise money for the charities - it makes it sound as if he has raised the money all by himself. If i turn up to a charity event can i claim i have helped raise millions of pounds too?
 
How much of this hard work for charity has been done by himself? Im certain there are a lot of people working behind the scenes who help raise this money, he is purely a celebrity who can attract people, the "real" hard work is done by the volunteers who dont have millions of pounds in the bank, and make it their life to raise money for the charities - it makes it sound as if he has raised the money all by himself. If i turn up to a charity event can i claim i have helped raise millions of pounds too?

That's a hard one to call, his attendance (as with many other clebrities) guarantees better support from the public. I know he and his girlfriend have done performances for charities, but as to whether they involve themselves in the admin or physical side of it I simply don't know. It's the unsung people who tend to do more "charity" work, the majority of which goes largely unnoticed and unappreciated by the wider population. That's partly why his support of a Lions' function was so greatly appreciated by the other guests in attendance.
 
That's a hard one to call, his attendance (as with many other clebrities) guarantees better support from the public. I know he and his girlfriend have done performances for charities, but as to whether they involve themselves in the admin or physical side of it I simply don't know. It's the unsung people who tend to do more "charity" work, the majority of which goes largely unnoticed and unappreciated by the wider population. That's partly why his support of a Lions' function was so greatly appreciated by the other guests in attendance.
guess they didn't feel at risk

:net:
 
That's a hard one to call, his attendance (as with many other clebrities) guarantees better support from the public. I know he and his girlfriend have done performances for charities, but as to whether they involve themselves in the admin or physical side of it I simply don't know. It's the unsung people who tend to do more "charity" work, the majority of which goes largely unnoticed and unappreciated by the wider population. That's partly why his support of a Lions' function was so greatly appreciated by the other guests in attendance.

he is a fraud and a dirty man
 
How much of this hard work for charity has been done by himself? Im certain there are a lot of people working behind the scenes who help raise this money, he is purely a celebrity who can attract people, the "real" hard work is done by the volunteers who dont have millions of pounds in the bank, and make it their life to raise money for the charities - it makes it sound as if he has raised the money all by himself. If i turn up to a charity event can i claim i have helped raise millions of pounds too?

I can vouch for a benefit gig Pete did for a Cornish theatre company down here back in '98. Remembering back to what was reported at the time, he did admit to being stupid in downloading stuff. The book (an autobiography) was reportedly put on hold because The Who had resurrected their career, recording new songs again a year or so after this affair. My understanding of the abuse he experienced as a child was related to being looked after by his grand-mother when his parents were away performing- they were musicians too- and it has been suggested (on a documentary I saw on the 'Bio' channel the other night) that it involved someone who his grand-mother said he should call "uncle." The sub-text of "Tommy" is about child abuse; he came from a generation where this stuff wasn't spoken about (and it still isn't freely) and my guess is he was expunging some of these demons when writing "Tommy." The guy is a genius but was candid enough to admit he did something stupid. As far as I'm concerned, both Pete and the kids are alright... :clap:
 
you should be ashamed of yourself standing up for a nonce, I will make sure my little boy stays welll away from you if we see you in the west bank next season

Reserve your disgust for those who are deserving of it and stop picking on MK at every opportunity. Imo - and certainly having read the excellent post above from Shrimpero, Townshend is certainly not one of them. As I said earlier, if you are ever unfortunate enough to become party to the full facts in the case of habitual sexual abuse of a child then you will realise just why I cannot take these accusations as seriously, and why the bigoted views of some of you are just completely over the top.

I think some of you are hangovers from Middle Ages England, this smacks of a "Burn the Witch" type mentality! Ill judged and ill informed.
 
Reserve your disgust for those who are deserving of it and stop picking on MK at every opportunity. Imo - and certainly having read the excellent post above from Shrimpero, Townshend is certainly not one of them. As I said earlier, if you are ever unfortunate enough to become party to the full facts in the case of habitual sexual abuse of a child then you will realise just why I cannot take these accusations as seriously, and why the bigoted views of some of you are just completely over the top.

I think some of you are hangovers from Middle Ages England, this smacks of a "Burn the Witch" type mentality! Ill judged and ill informed.

BURN THE TOWNSEND

Andy Townsend while your at it as well for crimes against football punditry
 
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Look see looks just like a guilty fiddler - SAME EYES LOOK AT THE EYES!!!!!

BURN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Look see looks just like a guilty fiddler

Anyone can find a photo to suit their agenda though, Scott - it's what the sensationalist media do 75% of the time to sell their newspapers and magazines - I see a sad, tired old man in that picture of PT.

Honestly, he's not even on the subs' bench of a level playing field here when you talk about these people:
http://www.murderuk.com/serial_Leslie_Bailey.html

It is amazing how many of these offenders invariably cite sexual abuse in their own childhoods - it seems to be a vicious circle that they are unwilling or unable to extract themselves from.
 
Anyone can find a photo to suit their agenda though, Scott - it's what the sensationalist media do 75% of the time to sell their newspapers and magazines - I see a sad, tired old man in that picture of PT.

Honestly, he's not even on the subs' bench of a level playing field here when you talk about these people:
http://www.murderuk.com/serial_Leslie_Bailey.html

It is amazing how many of these offenders invariably cite sexual abuse in their own childhoods - it seems to be a vicious circle that they are unwilling or unable to extract themselves from.

I see a guilty dirty tired old man

anyway enough of this rubbish when can we make love down by the fire while eating some quiche?
 
Anyone can find a photo to suit their agenda though, Scott - it's what the sensationalist media do 75% of the time to sell their newspapers and magazines - I see a sad, tired old man in that picture of PT.

Honestly, he's not even on the subs' bench of a level playing field here when you talk about these people:
http://www.murderuk.com/serial_Leslie_Bailey.html

It is amazing how many of these offenders invariably cite sexual abuse in their own childhoods - it seems to be a vicious circle that they are unwilling or unable to extract themselves from.

Anyway this would not have happened if John Major was still running the show!
 
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