Pete Townsend

He wont get fooled again

HOW CAN HE WRITE HIS BOOK WHEN ALL HIS "RESEARCH" HAS BEEN CONFISCATED?

Chris Langham tried to pull the same stunt with the bogus research.

he woz doing reasearch..he iznta pee odh phillliac....well maybe

and that makes it ok does it?oh sorry guv i visited the site,my mouse slipped i accidently clicked on it,ffs

I wonder if they will play "Fiddle about"?

The Leopard 08 Feb 01:01


From Wiki :

Townshend was cautioned by the British police in 2003 as part of Operation Ore. Following a news leak that Townshend was among the subjects of the investigation,[27] he publicly stated that on one occasion he had used a credit card to access a website advertising child pornography.[28] Townshend, who had posted essays on his personal website in 2002 as part of his campaign against the widespread availability of child pornography on the internet,[29][30][31][32][33] said that he had entered the site for research purposes and had not downloaded any images.[28][34] A four-month police investigation, including forensic examination of all of his computers, established that Townshend was not in possession of any illegal downloaded images.[35] Instead of pressing charges, the police elected to caution him, stating, "It is not a defence to access these images for research or out of curiosity."[36] In a statement issued by his lawyer, 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.

And this is just what his lawyers allow to be written. Id be careful what you defend if I were you Leopard

Guys as guilty as a dog next to a turd

If there was anything dodgy about Pete T. then surely his fellow band members would not associate with him...

No chance. He should be doing CS at least

Disgusting

Rock legend.

Wasn't P.T. abused as a kid...?

http://www.petetownshendisinnocent.com/essaysa.html

In Defense Of An Honest Man

By Nancy Mantick

I am sickened by the media smear tactics going on against Pete Townshend, founding member, lead guitarist, and primary composer for the band The Who, as well as a successful solo artist, published author, and former editor at Faber and Faber.
I have been a fan of his music since I was 14 years old, and it is impossible to overstate how much it has helped me through many difficult times in my life, and continues to do so.

I have always respected him for his integrity and honesty. That is why I feel I must now speak up in his defense.

Here are the facts:

Pete Townshend has worked against abuse of children for many years.
His charity, The Double 'O' Charity (named for the British pronunciation of "Who"), helps abused children, as well as people addicted to alcohol or drugs.
He has also worked to raise funds for The Maryville Academy in Chicago, a home for abused and neglected children, and The Teenage Cancer Trust Fund, which builds treatment wards for teenagers and young adults in hospitals in Britain.

He has frequently spoken out against child abuse and child pornography.
He has put onto his website written statements against these things.
I know this to be true, because I have seen them there.
He feels very strongly about these things, because he was abused when in the care of his grandmother when he was 5 to 6 years old.

Pete Townshend has said that this abuse has influenced many of his works.
The Who's 1969 rock opera "Tommy" is about a handicapped boy who is sexually and physically abused by his uncle and cousin, but eventually goes on to better things.
It is especially important to note that the 2 songs in "Tommy" which describe the actual abuse, "Fiddle About" and "Cousin Kevin", were written by band mate JOHN ENTWISTLE, because Pete could not stand to write them, as he has previously stated in interviews.
Some in the media are actually so ignorant that they have been analyzing those songs for "what Pete Townshend meant when HE wrote them"!
HUH???

In the late 1970's, Pete nearly died from alcohol and drug addiction, which he has stated that he believes was linked to the abuse he received in his childhood.
He is now healthy and sober, but must continue to follow his recovery program for the rest of his life.
One of the requirements of this program is honesty, no matter the consequences.

He had written on his web site at least a year ago that he had looked at several child pornography web sites as part of his efforts to fight this problem, and in conjunction with writing his autobiography.
Then, according to what he wrote in the spring of 2002,and as mentioned in an interview in Rolling Stone magazine, his goal for the year had been to finish his book, and since he had just finished the initial draft of it, he had time to go on tour with The Who that summer.
He said that he went to those sites because in order to fight something, you must know what it is.

So now, at least a year after Pete discussed this publicly on his web site, the Daily Mail, a newspaper in Britain, was told by a police informant that Pete Townshend�s name was on a list of people who had used credit cards to open a child pornography site. (His name is believed to have been on the "lowest priority" list.)

The Daily Mail ran a "titillating" story, on January 11, that a "major British rock star" was "under investigation as part of a child-porn ring".
Within hours after the story appeared, Pete Townshend had called a press conference and issued a statement to the press that it was he.
He stated that he used a credit card to enter a site only one time, and only to do research for his book.
He said that he never downloaded anything.

He requested that the police come to search his home and businesses (including a recording studio), and that they take his computers to search them, so that he can clear his name.
He has been very cooperative with them in their investigation.
It is important to note that under British law, "being arrested" does not mean the same thing that it means in the United States.
In Britain, it is similar to what being taken in for questioning would be here.
Many people who are arrested in Britain are not charged with a crime.
Pete Townshend was arrested and questioned for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
He was then released without any charges being filed.
He is required to report back on Jan. 28, after they finish looking at his computers.

I believe that they will find everything to be as he said it to be.
In that case, I don't know if they will simply close the case without charges being filed, or if they will be required to file a charge against him, and have him go through the process of a trial to show his innocence.
The Brits that I have talked to on the internet tell me that going to that site to do research IS a defense against prosecution.

Pete Townshend's conduct during this ordeal has been above reproach, and has been that of an honest man.

I am astonished and disgusted that so many in the media BELIEVED Bill Clinton, a known liar, when he got up there and said, "I did not have sex with that woman", then continued his obfuscation and deceit right up to impeachment proceedings, yet these same media bone-heads instantly ASSUME that Pete Townshend, a man known for his integrity, spirituality, and decency, is lying, and they proceed to smear his good name and reputation.
Can anyone explain that to me, because I CAN'T EXPLAIN!
("I Can�t Explain" was the name of The Who�s first hit record, in 1965.)

I am not the only person that feels this way.

F**K OFF T**T...

p i s s e d

Anyway....I'm off...

TIP : Don't come on a forum when p***ed......you might show yourself up...

She's divorcing you...?

can you imagine going into a shop to buy it if it ever was published......the lynch mob would be on you before you got out of the door

too many of them plain.

what could he name the book?