15-06-2021, 07:36 AM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Originally Posted by Dodge
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There is an interview of John Lydon with Piers Morgan where Lydon goes on to talk about knowing what Savile and others were up to but say's he was prevented from talking. Actually, Lydon did nothing. He says he knew what these people were up to but did he go to the police ? NO, did he act as a whistleblower and give the inside story to one of the major newspapers so they could investigate? NO. Like with all the other media people, they kept quiet for the sake of their careers and teenage girls had to suffer for it.
15-06-2021, 04:02 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Hijack alert!According to Wiki, this is what the Glitter Band has been up to.
15-06-2021, 04:17 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Originally Posted by Percy Vere
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Hijack alert!According to Wiki, this is what the Glitter Band has been up to.
17-06-2021, 09:32 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
It’s not just a matter of the direct damage people like Savile and Harris (sounds like an estate agents, but only if I don’t include Glitter) do to their victims; it spreads out and has a detrimental effect on society.Friends, let me tell you a little story, to explain what I mean:
It’s early evening and a man is walking along the pavement of a back street. Ahead of him, walking towards him on the same side of the road, is a child. A girl of about 7 or 8, wearing only a night-dress. Just before they meet, they stop, and she asks if he knows where Sally Johnson lives. It’s not his street, and he doesn’t know anybody, except for his daughter, who does live on that street. He is calling round to do a DIY job. There’s no one at home, but he has a key to her house. He can't make much sense of what the girl says when he asks where she lives, and all the while he is conscious of keeping a safe distance between them, like we all have to now, but for a very different reason. After a few minutes, that seem much longer, a woman emerges from a house across the road, and the man deftly manages to make the situation her responsibility.
I was that man. (slow, swelling music)
All I wanted to do was get away from the situation; it made me very nervous.
Had that happened even 50 years ago, I would have probably told her to get lost, but I would only have been 16 myself. Had I been an adult, I would probably have taken her hand and tried to find where she lived. I think most people would have. Can you imagine that happening now? That, in itself, is making kids vulnerable. Nobody, particularly men, dare get involved.
17-06-2021, 11:04 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Originally Posted by Harbal
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It’s not just a matter of the direct damage people like Savile and Harris (sounds like an estate agents, but only if I don’t include Glitter) do to their victims; it spreads out and has a detrimental effect on society.Friends, let me tell you a little story, to explain what I mean:
It’s early evening and a man is walking along the pavement of a back street. Ahead of him, walking towards him on the same side of the road, is a child. A girl of about 7 or 8, wearing only a night-dress. Just before they meet, they stop, and she asks if he knows where Sally Johnson lives. It’s not his street, and he doesn’t know anybody, except for his daughter, who does live on that street. He is calling round to do a DIY job. There’s no one at home, but he has a key to her house. He can't make much sense of what the girl says when he asks where she lives, and all the while he is conscious of keeping a safe distance between them, like we all have to now, but for a very different reason. After a few minutes, that seem much longer, a woman emerges from a house across the road, and the man deftly manages to make the situation her responsibility.
I was that man. (slow, swelling music)
All I wanted to do was get away from the situation; it made me very nervous.
Had that happened even 50 years ago, I would have probably told her to get lost, but I would only have been 16 myself. Had I been an adult, I would probably have taken her hand and tried to find where she lived. I think most people would have. Can you imagine that happening now? That, in itself, is making kids vulnerable. Nobody, particularly men, dare get involved.
18-06-2021, 12:44 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Originally Posted by Harbal
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It’s not just a matter of the direct damage people like Savile and Harris (sounds like an estate agents, but only if I don’t include Glitter) do to their victims; it spreads out and has a detrimental effect on society.Friends, let me tell you a little story, to explain what I mean:
It’s early evening and a man is walking along the pavement of a back street. Ahead of him, walking towards him on the same side of the road, is a child. A girl of about 7 or 8, wearing only a night-dress. Just before they meet, they stop, and she asks if he knows where Sally Johnson lives. It’s not his street, and he doesn’t know anybody, except for his daughter, who does live on that street. He is calling round to do a DIY job. There’s no one at home, but he has a key to her house. He can't make much sense of what the girl says when he asks where she lives, and all the while he is conscious of keeping a safe distance between them, like we all have to now, but for a very different reason. After a few minutes, that seem much longer, a woman emerges from a house across the road, and the man deftly manages to make the situation her responsibility.
I was that man. (slow, swelling music)
All I wanted to do was get away from the situation; it made me very nervous.
Had that happened even 50 years ago, I would have probably told her to get lost, but I would only have been 16 myself. Had I been an adult, I would probably have taken her hand and tried to find where she lived. I think most people would have. Can you imagine that happening now? That, in itself, is making kids vulnerable. Nobody, particularly men, dare get involved.
I get what you are saying Harbal. I have found lost children crying in the supermarket but on each occasion made sure a female dealt with it. Sad isn't it.
18-06-2021, 12:59 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Sad isn't it.
18-06-2021, 01:06 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Originally Posted by Harbal
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I'm not particularly fond of kids, although I do often see one that makes me smile. It's not always the same one, btw.
19-06-2021, 12:37 PM
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Re: Garry Glitter
Originally Posted by Harbal
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I'm not particularly fond of kids, although I do often see one that makes me smile. It's not always the same one, btw. Some men love kids, and are really good with them, but simply daren't interact with them. And some parents would come down on you like a ton of bricks if you so much as glanced at their three year old.
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