Child-Abuse Protesters Want The Who Banned From Super Bowl
The Who have caused outrage among various family groups in America.
These associations are unhappy that the legendary band has been chosen to provide the half-time entertainment at NFL’s Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Florida on February 7. And all because of Pete Townshend’s arrest and caution for accessing child pornography in 2003.
Says Evin Daly, founder and chief executive officer of abusewatch.net: “The Who is a great band. Pete Townshend is the only issue here. Inviting Townsend to play is a blatant disregard to the values of American families and a slap in the face to victims of child sexual abuse.”
However, the NFL are unmoved by such protests. Spokesman Brian McCarthy told Associated Press: “UK police cleared Townshend since he was doing research for a project on child abuse.”
Another US group, Protect Our Children, commented: “We acknowledge Townshend was not convicted, but he was on [the UK] sex offenders’ list. In the United States, you’re on a sex offenders’ list for life.”
typical americans blinkered view….the who are there for their entertainment,as they have done for over 60 years now….pete was cleared,not convicted…so get a life and worry more about your home international security processes rather than one innocent talented musician,who in the eyes of the uk law…did nothing wrong.
p.s…..this would be the same family value groups,who most likely ALL have guns in their homes,around their children?
The Who banned ’cause of that? Stupid..
Tam – Not quite the case. PT was CAUTIONED, which is not actually ‘found innocent’. Only pointing it out, because he was the most surprising musician to become tainted with this horrible activity. Now Jackson slept with kids by his own admission. Why was he allowed to ‘perform’ after his truly gross behaviour?
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“After four months of investigation by officers from Scotland Yard’s child protection group, it was established that Mr Townshend was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images. He has fully co-operated with the investigation.”
-Scotland Yard statement
More facts are available here: http://www.petetownshendisinnocent
It’s funny how the tabloid press don’t have this on their front pages?
THE MUSICIANS – Rock stars Robert del Naja of Massive Attack and legendary The Who guitarist Pete Townshend were both arrested in 2003, after the police had leaked their names to the tabloid press. Both men’s names are listed on Landslide records as signed up to Keyz websites. But the police never had any evidence that the websites concerned-which are shown as “Alberto” and “Spermed” -had anything to do with children. Nothing was found on their personal computers. The investigations against Mr del Naja were dropped within a month due to insufficient evidence. But the police didn’t tell Townshend that their entire evidence against him was a single entry made on Landslide on 15 May 1999 for the purchase of the Alberto website. Under pressure of the media filming of the raid, Townshend appears to have confessed to something he didn’t do. He was cautioned and his name was placed on the sex offenders register. Ironically, In April 2006, the Home Office launched the child protection agency CEOP with del Naja’s song, Teardrop. Head of CEOP James Gamble, the person responsible for Operation Ore, told the press “I didn’t choose the music”.
http://ore-exposed.obu-investigators.com/PC_PRO_Operation_Ore_Exposed_2.html