The Large One
Who's Next?
Sorry about the wanker symbol. I was tired and pissed.
Crap excuse, but it's the best I can offer with my hangover.
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Amazing Journey - The Story of The Who
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Sorry about the wanker symbol. I was tired and pissed.
Crap excuse, but it's the best I can offer with my hangover.
Good on yer! If we had a special smiley to express that sentiment, it would save a lot of people a lot of typing. Well, those big enough to use it!
The Large One
Who's Next?
On again now.
NMH
Banned
Thanks for the heads-up.
The band was over really, when Moon popped his clogs.
The band was over really, when Moon popped his clogs.
Barry Izbak
U.T.A.
I'm not a fan but watched this programme and thought it was excellent.
Much more of a fan now.
Thanks for the heads up whoever posted it.
(and I am looking fwd to the avatar for "sorry I posted that I was pissed"
)
Much more of a fan now.
Thanks for the heads up whoever posted it.
(and I am looking fwd to the avatar for "sorry I posted that I was pissed"
)
World of Sport
Well-known member
......bit disapointed it didn't show them staying at a large house near Mile Oak Farm back in the early 70's, much to the amazement of us teenagers from the local school who waited outside, was this the first and last time The Who appeared in PORTSLADE!
Lady Bracknell
Handbag at Dawn
Yet more evidence of what a great band they are. They thought of the Children of Mile Oak. Which is rare...
Storer68
New member
In a statement released by an aide outside his mansion in Richmond, south-west London, Townshend insisted that police had "unconditionally accepted" that he was looking at the site as research for his "campaign" against child pornography.
"From the very beginning I acknowledged that I did access this site and that I had given the police full access to all of my computers," said the former member of the Who.
"As I made clear at the outset, I accessed the site because of my concerns at the shocking material readily available on the internet to children as well as adults, and as part of my research towards the campaign I had been putting together since 1995 to counter damage done by all kinds of pornography on the internet, but especially any involving child abuse.
"The police have unconditionally accepted that these were my motives in looking at this site and that there was no other nefarious purpose, and as a result they have decided not to charge me."
The Scotland Yard statement stressed that access and payment for child abuse images was an offence.
"Inciting others to distribute these images leads to young children being seriously sexually assaulted to meet the growing demands of the internet customer. It is not a defence to access these images for research or out of curiosity."
Child abuse campaigners condemned the leniency of Townshend's punishment, and said he should get professional help.
Jennifer Bernard, from the children's charity NSPCC, said: "Every child seen on an internet pornography site is a real child who is likely to have been abused time and time again.
"Only a quarter of children report sex abuse and many feel that they have no one to turn to.
"People who pay to access these sites are injecting cash into a criminal and manipulative industry that sexually exploits and seriously damages children."
The children's charity NCH said Townshend's crime was "not a small matter".
John Carr, the charity's internet safety adviser, said: "It is not an acceptable defence and it only helps to keep the child porn industry going."
"From the very beginning I acknowledged that I did access this site and that I had given the police full access to all of my computers," said the former member of the Who.
"As I made clear at the outset, I accessed the site because of my concerns at the shocking material readily available on the internet to children as well as adults, and as part of my research towards the campaign I had been putting together since 1995 to counter damage done by all kinds of pornography on the internet, but especially any involving child abuse.
"The police have unconditionally accepted that these were my motives in looking at this site and that there was no other nefarious purpose, and as a result they have decided not to charge me."
The Scotland Yard statement stressed that access and payment for child abuse images was an offence.
"Inciting others to distribute these images leads to young children being seriously sexually assaulted to meet the growing demands of the internet customer. It is not a defence to access these images for research or out of curiosity."
Child abuse campaigners condemned the leniency of Townshend's punishment, and said he should get professional help.
Jennifer Bernard, from the children's charity NSPCC, said: "Every child seen on an internet pornography site is a real child who is likely to have been abused time and time again.
"Only a quarter of children report sex abuse and many feel that they have no one to turn to.
"People who pay to access these sites are injecting cash into a criminal and manipulative industry that sexually exploits and seriously damages children."
The children's charity NCH said Townshend's crime was "not a small matter".
John Carr, the charity's internet safety adviser, said: "It is not an acceptable defence and it only helps to keep the child porn industry going."