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Obvious pedophile.

posted a year ago by BlackMass (1093)
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Upon hitting the internet in 1999, I was careful never to do anything that could even be construed as seeking that kind of material. Everyone I knew was the same. The newspapers were full of creeps being busted (including Gary Glitter) and the consequences were clear to all.

Townshend sought out this material. Maybe he got cold feet at the last second, but only a degenerate searches for child corn. And I mean... just look at him. He's like the archetype of a pedophile.

One wonders what would have happened had Townshend been a bricklayer from a council estate, as opposed to a middle class schoolboy-turned celebrity.

[–] Roguemail (1615) a year ago

Look at him? Are you saying you can tell if someone is a paedophile by just looking at them?

[–] BlackMass (1093) a year ago

I'm saying that a lot of pedos tend to be extremely unattractive and downright weird-looking. The likes of Jimmy Savile, Jonathan King, Cyril Smith, Richard Huckle, and pedophile activist Todd Nickerson come to mind. Townshend fits right into that lineup, at least physically.

My primary assertion was that only a pedo searches for child corn on the internet. The rest of us run a million miles in the opposite direction.

[–] Hybrid66 (1516) a year ago

Yes I agree.

My ex brother-in-law was one and, incredibly, admitted it. His face wasn't the same. RIP (not).

[–] Roguemail (1615) a year ago

Well I don't agree that Townsend fits the profile. And you have gone for very obvious, well known paedophiles in the public eye...the sort of ones where everyone says after the fact 'I knew there was something about them' etc...but yet never say anything before it becomes known.

Regarding Saville, to the public he was simply seen as an eccentric, an oddball. And again, after the truth came out suddenly millions of people say they always knew (not talking about the people that were close to him and actually knew and kept quiet).

But my point is I have come across many people who claim they can tell a paedophile by looking at them.. and its rubbish. I have known people harassed, beaten up and even killed because of narrow minded people who think along those lines...they fit the profile etc.

Anyone who could identify a paedophile on sight would have to be a millionaire, because that's a hell of a gift they have.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9363) a year ago

Wealth and fame has its privileges, but I doubt Pete is a pedophile.
Internet goof-balls and Republicans love to throw that word around.

[–] clashwho (758) a year ago

If Townshend was a bricklayer, nothing would have happened to him, because Operation Ore wasn't interested in individuals with one-time access to the Landslide website. They weren't interested because one-time access didn't fit the profile of a pedophile. Unfortunately for Pete, he wasn't a bricklayer, he was a celebrity. A dishonest police officer saw his name on the list and leaked that information to a British tabloid for a payday.

With the story now in the press, the police were forced to act, and act they did. They raided Pete Townshend's house, confiscated his computers, subjected them to a four month forensic analysis, found zero illegal images, and consequently offered Pete Townshend a caution for accessing the Landslide website. Pete accepted the caution. This is a case where being a celebrity resulted in far more legal repercussions than would have happened to a bricklayer, not less.

[–] BlackMass (1093) a year ago

Definitely a compelling comment, but I maintain that only a degenerate hovers around such sites in the first place.