Will Ed's favorite band be BANNED from the Super Bowl?

on2legs
on2legs Posts: 16,386
edited December 2009 in The Porch
Looks like a movement to ban Pete Townsend from performing at the Super Bowl is gaining steam...

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/12/29/who- ... uper-bowl/

Wasn't this settled already?

Should we even care?
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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    I hate super bowl half time shows. For me they serve as extra time for me to leave the party and get home in time for the 2nd half.

    Either way, some people have too much time on their hands. These people need to get a life
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    Yes this was settled years ago and he was proved not guilty. He was using the child porn for a project he was doing on the dangers of child porn. Pete donates a lota money to childrens charities.
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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,292
    whats is sad is people love to dwell on the negatives and they wont ever look past what the fucking media says. the media sensationalizes print/words to sell for moeny. truth or not

    i loathe even responding to this thread and giving it anymore negative coverage :evil:
  • jecica
    jecica Posts: 954
    Don't most people realize that when you hear the band The Who, the first thing we think of isn't child porn charges? I don't see anyone protesting The Pianist. I dislike special interest groups.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I didn't even know he had a record for that... WTF?
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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Maybe the religous right should worry about this instead

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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Jesus Christ, are you fucking kidding me?

    People need to research shit before they get on their high horses.

    This is such a non-issue and was resolved years ago.

    Man this just pissed me off.
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  • redeye
    redeye Posts: 620
    yea that shit is history, it cant be hung over his and the bands head, at the end of the day the guy was proved innocent, period
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    All these people did is make more and more people think about child porn.

    As stated above, no one thinks of child porn when it comes to The Who.

    People who actively find shit to be angry about because they have nothing better to do would better serve this world by working soup kitchens or habitat for humanity or something of the like ... something positive.

    If this somehow works, if The Who are replaced, I'd love it if PJ took over their spot and changed it up on the organizers and played only Who songs on stage ... I hope whomever was chosen in that scneario does that actually.
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  • theboxerorthebag
    theboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    this is stupid. And it was resolved years ago. Find something better to do with your time people!
  • MisterEtake2
    MisterEtake2 Posts: 410
    metsfan wrote:
    Yes this was settled years ago and he was proved not guilty. He was using the child porn for a project he was doing on the dangers of child porn. Pete donates a lota money to childrens charities.

    If an average joe gets busted for child pornography and claims he was using it for research purposes, do the charges get dismissed? Just asking.

    Being that he wasn't proven guilty, there's no reason the Who shouldn't perform at the Superbowl. It will be very amusing to see the sixteen year olds rock out to songs they never heard in their lives. According to someone on the field for Springsteen last year, if you're on the field, you can't even hear the band.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    edited December 2009
    MisterEtake2 wrote:
    If an average joe gets busted for child pornography and claims he was using it for research purposes, do the charges get dismissed? Just asking.


    That's been my view all along. I think a lot of people are quick to not want to think he did it because he is, well, Pete Townsend. Just because he is a rock star who writes amazing music and apparently donates a lot of money to children's causes, does not mean he is without fault. I'm sorry, but in my mind a situation in which a guy whose CREDIT CARD info was found on a child porn investigation, and then claims he was using the info for research, doesn't add up. I am not saying he is innocent or guilty, but if he truly was doing research, then he is ridiculously stupid for not alerting the authorities first and organizing it.
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  • dreamweaver
    dreamweaver New York Posts: 764
    that guy has little to no class...
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    dreamweaver wrote:
    that guy has little to no class...

    :?:
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    didnt know about this!

    Is is true???
  • dreamweaver
    dreamweaver New York Posts: 764
    jimed14 wrote:
    dreamweaver wrote:
    that guy has little to no class...

    :?:


    the guy who wrote the article is a p.o.s.
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    BinFrog wrote:
    MisterEtake2 wrote:
    If an average joe gets busted for child pornography and claims he was using it for research purposes, do the charges get dismissed? Just asking.


    That's been my view all along. I think a lot of people are quick to not want to think he did it because he is, well, Pete Townsend. Just because he is a rock star who writes amazing music and apparently donates a lot of money to children's causes, does not mean he is without fault. I'm sorry, but in my mind a situation in which a guy whose CREDIT CARD info was found on a child porn investigation, and then claims he was using the info for research, doesn't add up. I am not saying he is innocent or guilty, but if he truly was doing research, then he is ridiculiusly stupid for not alerting the authorities first and organizing it.

    Well that's just it, BinFrog, HE DID NOTIFY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES PRIOR TO ACCESSING ANY SITE, it was another agency sting that resulted in his arrest - along with a large number of other individuals. After all was said and done there was no evidence otherwise to indicate any wrong doing.

    Again, if people didn't jump to conclusions . . .
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    dreamweaver wrote:
    jimed14 wrote:
    dreamweaver wrote:
    that guy has little to no class...

    :?:


    the guy who wrote the article is a p.o.s.

    ok ... wasn't sure who you were referring to.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,574
    Maybe the Eagles can make it to the Super Bowl and Donova McNabb can get injured late in the NFC title game, forcing Michael Vick to start...and while the Patriots and Eagles battle inside the stadium, the animal rights protesters can take on the kiddie porn protesters outside.
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  • MisterEtake2
    MisterEtake2 Posts: 410
    "Well that's just it, BinFrog, HE DID NOTIFY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES PRIOR TO ACCESSING ANY SITE, it was another agency sting that resulted in his arrest - along with a large number of other individuals. After all was said and done there was no evidence otherwise to indicate any wrong doing."

    Do you have a link to anything that says he notified the authorities? Nothing mentioned about it in Wikipedia.

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