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Wasn't sure where this story belonged, here or in the Parking Lot - mods please move if appropriate.
In a nutshell:
Some group is trying to not only ban The Who from their Super Bowl performance but to not allow Pete Townsend into the country at all. It stems back to an investigation a few years back with Townsend and online child *advertiser censored*.
Now, I haven't done enough research to form my own opinion yet - however, Townsend was never charged and everything was dropped. For what that is worth.
Here's the article:
Ban the WHO's Pete Townshend from the Super Bowl?
> Posted by Barbara Hijek on December 28, 2009 11:25 AM
What???
No Pete at the Super Bowl on Feb. 7?
The Who is supposed to headline, but Pete Townshend, one of the rowdy rockers, has caused a problem.
In 2003, he was arrested in London on charges of suspicion of possessing child *advertiser censored*.
At the time he issued a statement saying he'd paid to enter an Internet site advertising child *advertiser censored* "purely to see what was there" as research to fight the crime. He was cleared of possessing pornographic images of children but still was placed on a national register of sex offenders in England.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/new...g/2009/12/should_the_whos_pete_townshend.html
I look forward to the respectful discussion I know all our sleuthers will have.
In a nutshell:
Some group is trying to not only ban The Who from their Super Bowl performance but to not allow Pete Townsend into the country at all. It stems back to an investigation a few years back with Townsend and online child *advertiser censored*.
Now, I haven't done enough research to form my own opinion yet - however, Townsend was never charged and everything was dropped. For what that is worth.
Here's the article:
Ban the WHO's Pete Townshend from the Super Bowl?
> Posted by Barbara Hijek on December 28, 2009 11:25 AM
What???
No Pete at the Super Bowl on Feb. 7?
The Who is supposed to headline, but Pete Townshend, one of the rowdy rockers, has caused a problem.
In 2003, he was arrested in London on charges of suspicion of possessing child *advertiser censored*.
At the time he issued a statement saying he'd paid to enter an Internet site advertising child *advertiser censored* "purely to see what was there" as research to fight the crime. He was cleared of possessing pornographic images of children but still was placed on a national register of sex offenders in England.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/new...g/2009/12/should_the_whos_pete_townshend.html
I look forward to the respectful discussion I know all our sleuthers will have.