Is there really an outcry about the Who @ superbowl?

[Obsession 571]

I heard that the Who were to be the entertainment at the superbowl. But Pete Townsend had been caught in 1993 with child porn pics and was put on the sex offenders register. I was a big fan of Townsends music, but cooled after his arrest. Whats being said in America?

[brotherbuzz 3,206]

Whats being said in America?

I'm sure the media has touched on it, but the only thing I've heard or read is about the game itself.

 

BTW, the Who will be the blip between the commercials at halftime, the entertainment will be the game.

Edited February 7, 2010 by brotherbuzz

[Sailfast 503]

On the whole it seems like a non issue. Some are upset and protesting about it, and they have a point. However, it seems he was later cleared of any charges.

 

The fact that CBS is airing a pro life commercial is more worrying to me...

 

Little johnny bible verse NFL player's mommy decided not to get an abortion and look how things turned out.

Little adolf mein fuhrer's mommy decided not to get an abortion and look how things turned out.

[Obsession 571]

BTW, the Who will be the blip between the commercials at halftime, the entertainment will be the game.

 

That sounds like something the sociopath would say

 

 

 

 

On the whole it seems like a non issue. Some are upset and protesting about it, and they have a point. However, it seems he was later cleared of any charges.

 

I was a Townsend fan. Amazing songwiter and riff meister. However, he was caught in a sting to catch peedos. It was his credit card that caught him. Long story short.........No excuse should be accepted. His was curiosity. He never denied or was cleared.

 

What was the cbs stuff? Sounds interesting, and a bit worrying.

[Ripe1 0]

I don't think ol' Pete Towny will be molesting anyone while on stage performing & surely they will keep a tight watch on him before & afterwards.

[Obsession 571]

I don't think ol' Pete Towny will be molesting anyone while on stage performing & surely they will keep a tight watch on him before & afterwards.

 

Absolutely. BUT. Should a guy get away with such behavior, in his past, because hes a rock legend?

[joekicker 53]

Absolutely. BUT. Should a guy get away with such behavior, in his past, because hes a rock legend?

 

As another obsessed poster put it, it's theoretical. The Who are playing. Townshend is playing. He's not "getting away" with anything, he's playing a 10-minute gig that almost no one will remember, as an after-thought at a sports spectacular. No, there is no comment to speak of and no outrage at all, sorry about that. You asked, that's the answer. It won't change in the next 12 hours before his gig, and it won't change after the gig. It's the way it is, like it or lump it, them's the two choices you have, there are no others.

 

The fact that CBS is airing a pro life commercial is more worrying to me...

 

Free speech worries you. You aren't alone. Thank Gorsh you are isolated and unable to do anything about it though. I know what you're going to say, so just please don't write the biggest lie possible in this thread: "I'm in favour of free speech but....."

 

Your big BUT shows you're not.

 

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Edited February 7, 2010 by joekicker

[MM 6,562]

Until a recent Pete Townsend interview, the bookmakers were taking bets on what song The Who would play first.

 

Then, Townsend, in the interview gave 4 songs they'd probably do, which screwed up the betting.

 

http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.as...=180829&t=0

[eltib 54]

The Who as Daltry and Townsend should hang it up. Without Moon and Entwhistle it really can't be called "The Who" anymore.

Edited February 7, 2010 by eltib

[Siam Sam 964]

No excuse should be accepted. His was curiosity.

 

It wasn't. His excuse was he was researching for a book.

[JONPAT 222]

I heard that the Who were to be the entertainment at the superbowl. But Pete Townsend had been caught in 1993 with child porn pics and was put on the sex offenders register. I was a big fan of Townsends music, but cooled after his arrest. Whats being said in America?

 

In my circle the fuss is about how the New Orleans Aints stole the 'who dat' from Cincinnati fans. There is a beer company in Ohio that make Hudepole beer, they made a special 'HU' beer for the football fans in Cincinnati and was called 'HU dat', so now years later the New Orleans fans changed it to 'who dat' and get famous. No one cares about Townsend, all we know about those guys is they wrote the CSI theme songs, catchy tunes.

[kaiser71 30]

Never heard about it over here.

 

"The controversy comes from Townshend’s arrest in 2003, when the FBI discovered he was one of 6,000 Britons who accessed and used a credit card on a child-pornography site in Texas. He pleaded guilty following his arrest and, while he was cleared by a subsequent police investigation, his name was placed on a sex offender’s watch list in his home country for five years.

 

Townshend later explained he was sexually abused as a child and, in preparation of a possible autobiography, he was researching how easily child pornography can be accessed online, in order to argue that Internet service providers need to become more vigilant."

How is he treated in the UK? Shunned like O.J.?

[kaiser71 30]

This says something:

 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/petetownshend1.html

 

"Townshend was nabbed in January on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, though no such photos were found following a search of his home and computer."

[Gawd Elpus 798]

Townsend is no longer on the UK egister of sex offenders as the 5 years has expired. He was never convicted either and always claims that he was doing research.

 

He is not exactly a monster, and there is not further evidence that he is a nonce. I dont see what all the fuss is about, to be honest.

[brotherbuzz 3,206]

In my circle the fuss is about how the New Orleans Aints stole the 'who dat' from Cincinnati fans.

What year you talkin' about? All I remember from the Bengals was "Who dey...".

[กษัตริย์ 2]

The only souper bowl worth talking about is pork noodle, wonton etc..

[Ripe1 0]

Absolutely. BUT. Should a guy get away with such behavior, in his past, because hes a rock legend?

What exactly is he "getting away" with ?

The only thing the sex offenders list does is make it so that if he moved into a new town everyone near him would be alerted to his presence.

As far as I know he still lives in the UK, but I wonder if the surrounding tennants know, LOL.

[STARGAZER 12]

they just finished. Fook me if I didn't know better I would of thought that was Gabor up there not Daltrey.

 

Not one of the better SuperBowl halft time acts in my opinion.

[Ripe1 0]

Janet's titty was the best one !

[eltib 54]

they just finished. Fook me if I didn't know better I would of thought that was Gabor up there not Daltrey.

 

Not one of the better SuperBowl halft time acts in my opinion.

 

Like I said in my previous post, "they should call it a day, and hang it up."

[Ripe1 0]

People said that about the Rolling Stones ages ago.

[bruiser 0]

Not sure about his Past or childhood

But I know about a good Performance when I see and Hear one!!!

The WHO WERE POOOOOOO Hope thats not the best USA has

Can thinks of heaps of other Way better Performers

[brotherbuzz 3,206]

The WHO WERE POOOOOOO Hope thats not the best USA has

They're not ours, and had Hanna Montana not been busy........well, you can guess the rest.

[FatherMojo 2]

Janet's titty was the best one !

 

 

[Obsession 571]

Townsend is no longer on the UK egister of sex offenders as the 5 years has expired. He was never convicted either and always claims that he was doing research.

 

He is not exactly a monster, and there is not further evidence that he is a nonce. I dont see what all the fuss is about, to be honest.

 

Why does it not surprise me that you dont get, equality

 

Any plumber done for kiddie pron pics, wouldnt get into America or a work visa. Theres been a few famous people done with kiddie pics and the seem to have been treated in a similar way to each other, but Townsend seems to ave got off lightly. imho, people involved in any form of child porn offences, should be ostracised. I bey some kiddie porn monsters have studied Townsend defence and will try it themselves.

 

Joe - You sound angry Please ignore my posts that rile you. You know it makes sense