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september63

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Feb 7, 2010 8:14 PM
They are worried about showing a nipple slip at halftime. Yet they have Pete Townshend, who is required by law, in his homeland, to register with his local authorities as a sex offender?
Feb 7, 2010 8:14pm
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Feb 7, 2010 8:16 PM
dont start with this shit again
Feb 7, 2010 8:16pm
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eersandbeers

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Feb 7, 2010 8:17 PM
You should read up on why Townshend is a registered sex offender. It was complete bs and he is a victim of an awful blanket law.

As soon as he went to a website he called his lawyer and asked what he should do. Then he reported it to the police.
Feb 7, 2010 8:17pm
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Feb 7, 2010 8:18 PM
Dont start? When was the last time anyone you know viewed porno sites involving young children? For your own research purposes. LOL
Feb 7, 2010 8:18pm
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Feb 7, 2010 8:18 PM
This is the NFL's doing, not CBS.
Feb 7, 2010 8:18pm
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Feb 7, 2010 8:20 PM
Laws are laws. Why was he looking at a website involving naked children? The research thing is absurd.
Feb 7, 2010 8:20pm
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Feb 7, 2010 8:22 PM
Are you sure he has to register as a sex offender?
Feb 7, 2010 8:22pm
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eersandbeers

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Feb 7, 2010 8:25 PM
september63 wrote: Laws are laws. Why was he looking at a website involving naked children? The research thing is absurd.
Why is it absurd? Townshend was leading a campaign against child pornography on the internet and has been a big giver to children charities for a long time.

The police examined his computer and did not find a single image of child pornography on his computer.
Feb 7, 2010 8:25pm
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Feb 7, 2010 8:29 PM
They found something they didnt like. They require him to register. He was an admitted victim of sexual abuse as a child. Id guess a higher % of victims become abusers than become advocates against it. (I hope I am wrong about him). If he meant well, good for him.
Feb 7, 2010 8:29pm
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Feb 7, 2010 8:30 PM
Like I posted in the halftime thread.

God forbid someone in America sees a nipple on national TV. Let's have all the blood and gore and killing we want, but someone flashes a nipple, half the fucking country needs therapy. This country is so uptight and repressed.
Feb 7, 2010 8:30pm
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Feb 7, 2010 10:24 PM
september63 wrote: They found something they didnt like. They require him to register. He was an admitted victim of sexual abuse as a child. Id guess a higher % of victims become abusers than become advocates against it. (I hope I am wrong about him). If he meant well, good for him.

If I recall correctly, he must register because he accessed the site. There was nothing found on his computer or in his home, and as such he was cleared in the investigation.
Feb 7, 2010 10:24pm
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Feb 7, 2010 10:35 PM
the premise of this thread is flawed on so many levels; however after seeing the author it becomes painfully clear....

1. CBS aired Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" without opportunity for censure; if there was objectionable hypocrisy in the wake of that halftime show, it was the work of the FCC and government response to what all now admit was a publicity stunt. CBS's role?......none. They didn't even have a role in producing the halftime show, which you might remember was the work of MTV.

2. The halftime talent is the responsibility of the NFL and NFL productions.....not the broadcasting entity.

3. That the Who was the choice of NFL productions....reflects the fact that Pete Townsend, like Michael Jackson before him, and Keith Richards, as well as others, have had legal issues that, although perhaps not resolved to the satisfaction of every casual observer, is free to pursue his chosen profession under the laws of both this country, and his country of residence. Whether you believe his explanations for his credit card number being present on a pornography website, his admission landed his registry in England for 5 years in 2003, ending in 2008. Again, how CBS has any role in this is beyond my understanding.

what is clearer is that Sept63 has no idea what he is talking about. As usual.
Feb 7, 2010 10:35pm
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Feb 7, 2010 10:48 PM
"what is clearer is that Sept63 has no idea what he is talking about. As usual."


This!!!!!!
Feb 7, 2010 10:48pm