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Re: Phoenix House disappointment

I don't read that in Kevin's remarks at all.  He is
making a good faith effort to address the troubling
aspects Pete's actions, statements, and attitude
present.  Unlike others here he is not burying his
head in the sand.  When Pete was finally free to speak
and compared his "soul-trauma" in being placed on the
sex offenders registry with the trauma of sex abuse
victims, it is troubling.

Maybe Pete knows what both feel like.



When he describes what he admitted to doing as a "technical offence" it is
troubling.
As opposed to a moral offense?

We're not sure what the UK laws were back in 1996-97. If viewing was legal, but paying to view wasn't, where does that leave us? I'll bet the Phonenix victims would be screaming just as loud if Pete had admitted to viewing without paying, even if it was legal. This is great free publicity for their cause.


Personally, I was hoping the first open statements he
made would have less to do with prevaricating his own
situation and more to do with acknowleding he made
mistakes, albeit well-intentioned ones.  In some ways
I'm more disappointed at the tone and content of his
"Free but Branded" diary than *anything* that he may
have done before.  At least before he had the balls to
say "I'm a GradeOne addict-accident waiting to happen"
instead of whining that he's a victim of unfair laws.
I agree that his reponse should have been a stronger one. He should have blasted the Phoenix victims right out of the water. Well, figuratively, anyway.


keets

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