GARY GLITTER’S coming. Gary Glitter’s gonna get you.
“WARNING,” screams the Mirror from its front page, words writ in large red letter. “This vile man lands back in Britain today.”
They say he wear huge platform heels that mean he can peer in upstairs windows with no need to jump.
Shut the windows. Lock the doors. If cornered, call him “leader”, he likes it.
But it might be too late. “Glitter flies in,” announces the Mail’s cover. “Glitter’s back in the UK,” says the Sun.
They say his hair is the height of two means and that that he repeats the mantra “I Love You Love Me Love” in the throes of his vileness.
Glitter is upon us. Glitter is among us. Are you Gary Glitter? Are you?
And fear spreads across the land…
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August 23rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
being the mother of a phaedophile victim a few years ago, I have been following this story and think this insect should have been flown to a desert island, alone, i am glad he is banned from Asia and i hope he has to stay in the UK for the rest of his miserable days. jayne - Pattaya - Thailand.
glitter!!!! stay away, we dont want you.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:17 am
Gary Glitter wants 24 hr protection now because he fears he is a target. In Australia a pedophile was given round-the-clock protection and it cost heaps! Put pedophiles away somewhere. Apparently chemically fixing them can’t be done, so, they should wear ankle bracelets that they can’t get off and that way they can be tracked. Pedophiles ruin their victims lives and ultimately can kill the children they abuse. Life in jail is best. Yes, coco, pedophiles are from all walks of life and we do probably have them in our areas, and they look respectable family people. They are also very clever at hiding what they do. Someone now will probably pack off Glitter, and no-one will be that sorry.
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Yes Coco, I got that impression myself.
I was just gently winding up Anorak.
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
For the benefit of those whose Latin has become a little rusty I should point out that Cui bono means ‘who benefits?’.
And not, as some libel lawyer might imagine, a reference to a singer…
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 pm
The more respectable they may sometimes be; the problem is that as long as the tabloids, and increasingly the broadsheets, propagate the myth that you can always spot a paedo, the paedophiles who don’t fit the stereotype are able to rely on the myth protecting them.
Cui bono?
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
The more respectable they seem…
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
JJ,
I tend to find myself totally lacking in compassion when it comes to certain individuals, but the purpose of protecting children from mistreatment seems to me to be far more important than placating the harridans from the tabloids who can avoid anything remotely resembling work by churning out yet another hysterical rant about the dangers lying in wait for our children.
Look at the way the tabloids dealt with the case of Roger Took.
Virtually ignored it…
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
My husband did a year or so in Customs and Excise when he worked with the PO ,about the hardest time of his career.
This was back in the mid to late 80’s and he would come home green with nausea at some of the tapes and other items seized….and addressed to such seemingly respectable people.
This is the thing that is so hard to deal with, and I’d stake quite a lot of money that the average layabout is far safer around children than some highly educated bespoke- tailored suited gent.
But is it genetic or is it an acquired deviance?
Our taboos are there for good reason - to protect the vulnerable and the species itself from our own predators.
Lumping them all together I agree is wrong, bit like a16yr old boy on the Sex Offenders register for making his 15 yr old girlfriend pregnant, and the 35 year old who rapes 8 year old as the next name on it.
But I think we can only endanger children more if we lose our contempt and show too much compassion for the offenders
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
You need to redecorate
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
David yes - I read it on a toilet wall
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I think that Jim Gamble’s point was that paedophile behaviour is more common than we realise, and that there is a scale of offences ranging from viewing images of child sexual abuse through to direct involvement in acts of utter depravity.
If we try and lump the people who look at pictures of children in clothing catalogues in with the people who commit acts of utter depravity we are inevitably going to create real injustice, and increase the likelihood of children being assaulted; why should someone try to control their own behaviour, if they are going to be banged up for life anyway?
It is the irrationality of the taboo which leads people to believe that ‘they are all alike’, when they are not.
And unless we can get a hold on the differences we are liable to end up still furthering the belief that paedophiles are all creepy looking men in dirty clothes.
Extremely well dressed men of impeccable taste and education may well be a great deal more dangerous…
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Ok I’ll add a bit too to Karona’s ‘throw away’ remark.
No, I don’t see homosexuals as child predators at all- I don’t go along with gay sex, chiefly because I’m heterosexual, BUT between consenting adults, its their business. Probably some gay men get upset at seeing me with a bloke, and wonder what he sees in me….heterosexual women probably wonder too, possibly.
But sex between consenting and informed adults is one thing, if there is not consent its called rape - and another nasty spin off from the uncontrolled sexual urges between sexual/human adults.
I do know in the past gay men in particular did become suspects in paedophile attacks on children, but I think nowadays most people do understand what gay men are about.
But in all cases there are perverts, and their intended victims must be protected first, whether they are young children, adults with learning difficulties who cannot give consent and animals.
Coco maintains a lot of apparently normal adults may harbour paedophile tendencies, but are able to control them, for whatever reason, - they could be very aware of the harm they could do to a victim, or they could be even more aware of the harm to themselves. It may be the latter which could encourage therapists.
But if its so widespread is there a genetic defect that could be eliminated? I hope so.
Do we really want to see paedo pride marches in 50 years time? remember 50 to 60 years ago homosexuality was seen as illegal.
So ,perhaps both groups of socially acceptable sexual choices had better get our act together and protect the innocent, shouldn’t we?
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
There’s nowt queer about our Gary
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Chenier Darling!
At least I know you understand me! Even though I’m not well!
Just waiting for all the Fuck-Wits to join in but they appear to have Writer’s Cramp! lol
Having said that they are probably suffering from Wanker’s Cramp! lol
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Taboo’s don’t last forever, Coco.
Sooner or later it may finally dawn on the pols that whilst it is indisputably useful to ratchet up levels of fear in order to justify yet more erosion of our civil liberties, the voters might notice that all of the wonderful government initiatives do not appear to have resulted in fewer horror headlines.
OK, perhaps by that point the dumbing down process may be irreversible, but we have entered and re-emerged again from more lunatic periods in the past.
We could do it again.
And no, we should not shoot paedophiles, though I might make an exception for Glitter man on the grounds of multiple offences of assault on my eardrums…
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
David! Anoak’s taking the piss to encourage the debate I think - so I took it! lol
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Well at least he’s back in England and not here in the US.
“All poofs are paedos”??? You sure about that Anorak??
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Let’s just hope we don’t get the Rasputin types coming on and cracking one off on this thread!
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
coco Says:
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
The Original Stan Says:
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
these people should just be killed..if they do something like that then it is not safe to have them on our planet with our children around..once a person touches a child in such a way it should be as though they have just given up any human rights they had and should be given the death penalty effective immediatley..
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Think about this …… People with paedophile tendencies probably live within a few hundred yards of where you live.
There are thousands of paedophiles that never get caught and many have yet to be born.
How many young and elderly heterosexual couples with or without their own children take holidays at resorts where there are hundreds of children - but they never touch! So they don’t get caught and prosecuted.
Many old men walk their dogs in parks and have a penchant for children. But they don’t touch and they don’t get caught.
Almost every parent bathes their own children. A lot of these people have these tendencies - but they don’t go too far and they don’t get caught.
And it’s not just men who are paedophiles - there are many many women who also have paedophile tendencies.
This is one of the last taboos in society along with homosexuality and bestiality. We need to understand that there is nothing that can be done apart from drugging them.
Castration will not take away the urge - it only sublimates the actions - not the thoughts. Castrated men will only carry on and use other implements causing more injuries mental and physical.
Mr B - Well said! And of course we must not forget the revered by millions and milions Prophet Mohammed who took a nine-year old bride - and societies and cultures that to this very day masturbate their children to sleep when teething or unsettled!
Where somebody has been caught committing acts with a minor and in many many cases with tiny babies - not even toddlers - we have to able to lock these people into areas where they are monitored 24 hours a day.
There are very few people who can control their paedophile tendencies and because of the threat of prison they are driven underground to porn-sites.
However many paedophiles just take pictures of their own grand-children or flick through clothing catalogues.
It is something that cannot be suppressed, it is a perfectly natural urge to these people. We cannot condemn them to death it’s uncontrollable.
A Government strategy is needed for the people who have been convicted - and counselling services for the people who are scared to death of seeking help - and places where ordinary concerned members of the public can go to in total confidence to alleviate their concerns about family members, neighbours etc without thinking the police and social services are going to go diving in and destroying the lives of innocent people.
Just as there are over-sexed perverse heterosexuals and over-sexed promiscuous homo-sexuals - there are UNDER-sexed and perverse promiscuous paedophiles who are themselves scared to death of the consequences that their actions are going to have on their victims and themselves - but are going to go ahead anyway - because they have not chosen the way they are.
And the more people who talk like you and incite fear and hatred - the more difficult it is for these people to offer themselves up for help.
So use your energy in getting your local council, local MP and local schools to start discussing it so that something can be done about it.
Bigots should be shot up against the walls!
Having people openly condone the death-sentence about something so serious and dangerous as this is inciting murder in the uneducated and unwashed areas of society.
If you feel so strongly - get some facts and figures together and try belting it out in Parliament so that at least you know there’s a frame in structure.
Because of people like you - taboos stay taboo!
You will find that paedophile minds are extraordinarily cunning and clever - very very clever with terrifying intelligence!
These people aren’t just dross living on the dole in a tower-block flat - in fact they ususally end up living seemingly boring lives to throw people off the scent - and are in frighteningly high-up jobs!
So good luck in getting a committee formed! Coz even Jacqui Smith hasn’t got a fucking cat-in-hell’s chance.
It will be forever a taboo! Thanks!
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
So says somebody like The Original Stan back in the 1950s - Fucking hell! I’m gonna be on my own on this! lol!
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
All poofs are paedos - so they say…
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:44 am
This is very much the way we treated homosexuality!