sbp
01-12-2003, 10:45 AM
Just another of his many talents.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20030111/en_nm/people_townshend_dc
LONDON-British rock star Pete Townshend, guitarist with legendary band The Who, on Saturday admitted paying to view Internet child pornography but denied he was a pedophile and said it was for research purposes.
The guitarist took the unusual step of issuing a public statement after a newspaper said police were investigating an unnamed music star as part of Britain's largest-ever operation against Internet pedophilia.
In the lengthy statement, Townshend said he had paid to enter an Internet site advertising child pornography "purely to see what was there" as research to fight the crime.
"I am not a pedophile. I think pedophilia is appalling," he said in the statement which was distributed by a woman to reporters outside his home in Richmond, south London.
"On one occasion I used a credit card to enter a site advertising child porn. I did this purely to see what was there," he said.
Townshend, 57, said he felt "anger and vengeance" toward those who found child pornography attractive, and said he believed he was sexually abused as a child but could not remember clearly what happened.
"To fight against pedophilia, you have to know what's out there," he said, adding that he was involved in an anti-pedophilia campaign that had fizzled out.
Townshend, who is married with children, had earlier left the house in a Mercedes car.
A spokesman for London police refused to comment on the matter, saying it did not talk about individual cases and was not able to confirm that police were investigating a rock star.
http://www.lemonizer.com/uploads/townshend.jpg
"Hello kiddies."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20030111/en_nm/people_townshend_dc
LONDON-British rock star Pete Townshend, guitarist with legendary band The Who, on Saturday admitted paying to view Internet child pornography but denied he was a pedophile and said it was for research purposes.
The guitarist took the unusual step of issuing a public statement after a newspaper said police were investigating an unnamed music star as part of Britain's largest-ever operation against Internet pedophilia.
In the lengthy statement, Townshend said he had paid to enter an Internet site advertising child pornography "purely to see what was there" as research to fight the crime.
"I am not a pedophile. I think pedophilia is appalling," he said in the statement which was distributed by a woman to reporters outside his home in Richmond, south London.
"On one occasion I used a credit card to enter a site advertising child porn. I did this purely to see what was there," he said.
Townshend, 57, said he felt "anger and vengeance" toward those who found child pornography attractive, and said he believed he was sexually abused as a child but could not remember clearly what happened.
"To fight against pedophilia, you have to know what's out there," he said, adding that he was involved in an anti-pedophilia campaign that had fizzled out.
Townshend, who is married with children, had earlier left the house in a Mercedes car.
A spokesman for London police refused to comment on the matter, saying it did not talk about individual cases and was not able to confirm that police were investigating a rock star.
http://www.lemonizer.com/uploads/townshend.jpg
"Hello kiddies."