Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?

[JuanHamm]

He insisted that there was a logical reason for his actions when the authorities arrived on Jan. 13, 2003 to take Townshend into custody under the Protection of Children Act: He'd been surfing the darker corners of the internet as part of research for the autobiography, in which Townshend intended to discuss his own suspected abuse as a child. Enraged by what he found, Townshend said he decided he'd expose this criminal underworld.

"I am not a pedophile," Townshend said the day of his arrest. "I'd be prepared to have my computer hard drive analyzed. It's important police are able to convince themselves that, if I did anything illegal, I did it purely for research."

His excuse always sounded like bullshit to me and the fact that he didn't download anything isn't really a defense. I look at (regular) porn all the time without downloading anything.

What do you think?

[Jorge]

This whole thing has always been so very weird to me, but I haven't really looked into it

On its surface the "research" thing feels very flimsy but there's gotta be something to it if the authorities were convinced by it? Maybe?

[96583UP]

Yes he is a pedo

/thread

[The Argonaut]

... the fact that he didn't download anything isn't really a defense. I look at (regular) porn all the time without downloading anything.

Please keep in mind that this is the internet of the early aughts we're talking about. It was very difficult to look at regular porn without downloading anything in those days. I'm fairly certain that even you downloaded porn in the early aughts. We all did. There was no streaming porn. Maybe some pics. But if you wanted any video, it needed to be downloaded to your hard drive and watched with RealPlayer

[spike]

Snatched from the headlines, twenty years later!

[dpupenya]

Heh....snatch

[Simple Torture]

... the fact that he didn't download anything isn't really a defense. I look at (regular) porn all the time without downloading anything.

Please keep in mind that this is the internet of the early aughts we're talking about. It was very difficult to look at regular porn without downloading anything in those days. I'm fairly certain that even you downloaded porn in the early aughts. We all did. There was no streaming porn. Maybe some pics. But if you wanted any video, it needed to be downloaded to your hard drive and watched with RealPlayer

And if you wanted longer videos, you’d have to download 10 separate files and put them in a playlist. Or so I’ve heard.

[Jorge]

Very few people taking a stance here

[Jorge]

Only 96583UP, really

[96583UP]

thread title should be adjusted to remove ‘is’ and the ‘?’

[Jorge]

The "is" should be replaced by an "oh," and then the "?" should be replaced by a "!"

[96583UP]

the 'Is" should be replaced with 'Yo' the 'Pete Townshend' should be replaced with 'Soy' and the 'a pedophile?' should be replaced with 'Gay'