Re: the net

["Schrade, Scott" <sschrade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I never, ever said Pete was God or that he was perfect.

OK, but it just seems like some fans are afraid to admit that Pete
was in fact very *wrong* in his actions.  I'm sorry, but, IMO, all of
Pete's good deeds do *not* excuse him for paying to enter that site.

I keep hearing people saying "Don't judge! Don't judge!" when in fact 
what those people really mean is "Don't judge negatively! Judge posi-
tively!" 

And the same people who are saying "We can never know the full truth"
are also saying they know the truth:  That Pete's motives were sincere. 
     
> It is well documented that Pete has been working to help victims of 
> child abuse, more specifically child molestation.  

Well documented?  I had no idea until ADB was posted.  I knew he was 
involved in *charitable* work, but not specifically child abuse & anti-
child porn work.

Jon remarked that ADB didn't get much of a reaction here when it was
posted.  I, for one, was indifferent because I'm into Pete Townshend
because of his musical career, not his charitable work.  

> There is no evidence that Pete has ever had a tendency towards being 
> a child molester himself.

True.

> While Pete was doing his research, unbeknownst to him, a "net" had 
> been set up to catch the child molesters and pornographers and Pete 
> got caught in the net.

See, I don't like that analogy.  It makes it seem like Pete was simply
in the wrong place at the wrong time through no fault of his own.  It 
ignores the fact that Pete *put himself* in that "wrong place." 

> But, I believe that his humane effort to help victims of this abuse 
> far outweighs the fact that he got caught in the net.

It doesn't obscure the fact that he was wrong, plain & simple.  He made
a horrid decision.  No matter what the intent.  He decided his research
was above giving a few dollars to the people who help distribute the
very stuff he wanted to eradicate!  I'm sorry, but at the very least 
that's selfish & hypocritical, not to mention confusing & puzzling. 

> I am out the door to go to work..........

Get a job & fight to keep it....


- SCHRADE in Akron