The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166368   Message #3999612
Posted By: Steve Shaw
06-Jul-19 - 09:30 PM
Thread Name: Peter Yarrow me-too'ed out of concert?
Subject: RE: Peter Yarrow me-too'ed out of concert?
Speeding of the type I was guilty of is not a "crime." Maybe you like this bloke's singing or something, who knows, and are of the "aw, give him a break" ilk. Well you give him a break if you like. Thousands wouldn't, including several of us in this thread. It's not about whether he's served his punishment according to the law. It's about whether we can stomach the notion of a bloke who deliberately abused young girls, whether we are record-buyers or gig-fixers or gig-attenders. He has no right to expect people to forget the distasteful thing he did. Good luck to him if they do. You can show the same distaste to me for my speeding on an empty open road (and I don't lie, thanks). I can't expect you not to if that's how you feel. But something inside me says that you can't be feeling entirely comfortable equating the two offences. Just remember: he definitely exposed himself to young girls. I definitely haven't killed anyone.