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Re: Karma and sin



That, and the fact that he's not helping his cause with these combative and run-and-hide diary entries.

Think about this Who nuts......
If half (no actual research done, but there is a point here) of the regular people on this list feel the way I'm feeling, and we (those who take the time to participate on a Who list) are arguably the hard-core of the hard-core Who fans, then how do you suppose the everyday Who fan is going to react? I'd venture to guess, not too well.

It's hard to gage the fan response. There may be a big contingent of angry fans who are keeping their opinions to themselves, but that means I don't see them. Mostly the lists are chatting along as if nothing ever happened. Pete's diary entries are mostly greeted with cries of "Go, Pete! Write music!" Now and then we get a "Spare me," comment, but I think most fans are in denial. They want to pretend the whole thing didn't happen, and want to believe the "Pete Townshend Cleared!" headline has made things right for Pete.


It may have in the US, though we'll have to wait and see. Regardless of the fact that there are some of you guys who are angry with Pete, I think it's accepted that he's innocent in the US and tours and performances are likely to go on as usual. However, I'm not so sure about the UK. I've been surfing the usenet groups, and mention of Pete's name always provokes a negative comment or two. Plus, there's some scary stuff out there on the Internet. We don't know what all Pete is dealing with, so we should accept that his diary entries may have some purpose.


keets


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