more support from Brian May - sorry if duplicate

[Ken in MD <seahawkman2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.brianmaynews.com/brian/brianssb/brianssb.html
 
**Thu 16 Jan 03**
PETE TOWNSHEND 
Thanks for all your comments on my piece on Pete
Townshend, both positive and negative. Yes, as some of
you have pointed out, I wrote it in haste, outraged
that a man I knew to be of the highest morals should
be made to look guilty rather than "innocent UNLESS
proven guilty". In retrospect I realise it did read as
if my grouse about "Thought Police" was directed at
the real police of Britain. This was NOT my intention,
and I apologise sincerely that it came across that
way. However my conviction that the Police were forced
to act prematurely, and that Pete has been
disgracefully treated by the press, remains the same. 

So I have taken the liberty of re-writing my own
piece, as follows.

For goodness sake, leave Pete Townshend alone

It has deeply saddened me to see a man of such honesty
and integrity so apallingly misunderstood and smeared.
I believe Pete Townshend will be proved innocent of
all bad intentions, but, whether he is or not, he has
been carelessly thrust into a hostile glare by
elements of the tabloid press in a way which risks
permanently damaging both his reputation and his huge
contributions to helping the victims of abuse. I say
again, Pete Townshend's integrity is self-evident. He
is as appalled by paedophilia as the rest of us. I
would like to see some respect for a man who has done
so much to improve and inform our view of the world. 

B May January 2003
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