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Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 11:36 am
by 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?
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 11:41 am
by 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?
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 12:18 pm
by 96583UP
Yes he is a pedo
/thread
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 3:13 pm
by The Argonaut
JuanHamm wrote:... 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
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 3:16 pm
by spike
Snatched from the headlines, twenty years later!
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Sun March 12, 2023 7:52 am
by dpupenya
Heh....snatch
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Sun March 12, 2023 2:51 pm
by Simple Torture
The Argonaut wrote:JuanHamm wrote:... 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.
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Sun March 12, 2023 11:00 pm
by Jorge
Very few people taking a stance here
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Sun March 12, 2023 11:00 pm
by Jorge
Only 96583UP, really
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Mon March 13, 2023 12:03 am
by 96583UP
thread title should be adjusted to remove ‘is’ and the ‘?’
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Mon March 13, 2023 12:29 am
by Jorge
The "is" should be replaced by an "oh," and then the "?" should be replaced by a "!"
Re: Is Pete Townshend a pedophile?
Posted: Mon March 13, 2023 3:48 am
by 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'