Re: It don't really happen that way at all

["Jeremy Craine" <jcraine@hotmail.com>]

I think watching a Quad video with Gary is a bit like driving your new 
ferrari that has  a rip down the side of it.
as great as it is itll be hard not to look at the rip!

i think a lot of people find his activities repulsive which makes it hard to 
be sympathetic.
Esp for us in Europe who have been familiar with him throughout his career.
Over the years there have been accusations of statutory rape and each case 
was quietly settled out of court.
Not to mention the amount of stories the papers have carried  - i know we 
shouldnt believe all we read -but in this case there's bound to be some 
truth..

When these stories originally came out in the 70s and 80s people dismissed 
them coz he was such a likeable character - but now it seems they may have 
been true.
For people in USA it probably isnt as big a deal - it just seems like one 
incident by a guy no-one really knows...

think back to the piictures of michael jackson with the kids...THAT 
unnerving feeling is the one felt...

anyway,I dont want to go on too much about this - its straying waaaay off 
the point here...
JC

>From: Jeff House <jjthandmeh@juno.com>
>To: thewho@igtc.com
>CC: Kevin.ONeal@vtmednet.org
>Subject: It don't really happen that way at all
>Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 10:49:26 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Kevin in VT wrote:  "(Getting back to The Who) Poor Gary. Is he sick, or
>just doing what the rest of western society (except The Netherlands, I 
>guess
>;) thinks is wrong.
>*Is* there *really* a difference?"
>
>Yes.  Sickness addresses the question of why he does it.  Society thinking
>it wrong addresses the question of what problems his behavior causes.
>
>Purchasing, enjoying or traficking in pornographic pictures (still or
>moving) of children is thought to be wrong in this society.  While the
>individual behavior of Gary may only involve him and have no direct impact
>on a particular child, the market for such materials can create situations
>that would be dangerous for children.  Harm to children is bad.
>Participating in a market for these materials is bad.
>
>Should he be strung up?  No
>Should his Quad performances get trashed because he did some illegal stuff?
>No - I like Quad and want to see high quality video from the concerts.  
>What
>I want should take priority :-)
>
>Jeff
>I am not a lawyer, but I can sound like one.
>
>
>

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