Re: Robert w/dove pictures that rock

["fireclown fabulosa" <fyrclwn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Townshend was supposedly researching a book and was subsequently cleared of 
> all charges. I'm
> not defending him per se; I just think it's wrong to brand him as something 
> he
> wasn't.

for the record, he wasn't cleared of all charges---the police chose to warn 
him rather than criminally charge him, since he no longer had any child porn 
in his personal possession.  he is also now listed on the UK's Sex Offenders 
Register for the rest of his life, and must inform the police of any changes 
in address and plans to leave the country.  so far as whether he was/wasn't 
a child pornographer......well, he paid someone to send him pictures of 
children being sexually abused, molested, and exploited.  thus, he not only 
enabled those taking the pictures to continue their abuse, but increased the 
demand for such activities to continue.  when you get down to the bare bones 
of it, he basically paid someone to sexually abuse children for his own 
purposes.  a person who was truly concerned about the welfare of children 
being victimized thusly would be actively engaged in shutting down such 
websites, NOT buying from them, which only allows them to continue their 
child sexual abuse.  that's why i consider him to be just as guilty as the 
people who actually took the photos he bought.

regarding Plant's lyrics, yeah, some of them are quite shallow and 
occasionally even inane.  some happen to be very interesting, and based upon 
some truly excellent poetry.  most rock lyrics generally fall short of 
brilliant, regardless of who wrote them......and they ALL sound MUCH better 
with the accompanying music than they do simply read alone, IMO.