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2 May 2006, 12:42
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Gift of the Gadd
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4964292.stm
Glitter seeking to minimise his involvement with underage children again except this time it looks as if he wont be able to squirm his way out of it.
Does anyone believe that the truth of these events will ever be known? Will the truth even matter as the media seem to have done most of the judge's work for him?
Is media involvement in high profile cases ever of any benefit to the cases' proceedings?
Should our media be allowed to be so invasive?
Just a discussion that was had recently and want other peoples' opinions.
Ta.
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2 May 2006, 15:08
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
Oh look! It worked for Michael Jackson, I might work for me!!
Pssh, to be honest I don't believe a word he has to say. Blaming the media for making this all up? So what did they do? Plant a bunch of underage girls in his house, made them get into his bed then told them to go to the police? The cynical move of paying £2000 to the two girls families to have the rape charge dropped and the molestation charge placed instead just showed him up for what he was.
He's someone who had 4000 images of children being sexually abused on his computer, was arrested and deported from Cambodia for alleged sex offences, was then arrested and convicted in Vietnam...
Oh yes, it was all the media.
Pity the rape charge wasn't kept, what with the death-by-firing-squad being the punishment. He should get that alone for most of his music.
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2 May 2006, 15:13
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
so you don't want to be in his gang? (his gang, his gang)
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2 May 2006, 15:31
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
But Gadd can't do what most celebrities do with these things, such as repent and set up a charity/clinic devoted to their problem.
I suppose total denial is the only thing open to him.
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2 May 2006, 15:33
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Next goal wins!
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
To be fair to him his story is plausible. Might not be true, I don't think we have the information open to us to make such a judgement however.
The legal system in whatever country it was that banged him up seems to agree with the media... but you never know.
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2 May 2006, 15:37
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
Remember that he has a conviction for possessing child porn in this country, Heinrich.
I'm going to go out on a relatively sturdy limb here, and say that I'm tempted towards the view that the Vietnamese legal system isn't part of a gigantic Murdochian plot to discredit him, and the verdict against him was probably sound.
Last edited by Marilyn Manson; 2 May 2006 at 15:59.
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2 May 2006, 15:39
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
Actually look at some of his singles:
"1973 "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah)" Ironically the first thing he said in Thailand.
"1973 "I Love You Love Me Love" The second thing he said in Thailand.
"1974 "Oh Yes! You're Beautiful" The next line goes on to ask if you want some sweets?
"1975 "Love Like You and Me" That dares not speak its name
"1975 "Doing Alright with the Boys" I'm sure you are Mr. Glitter
"1975 "Papa Oom Mow Mow" That's Cambodian innuendo.
"1976 "You Belong To Me" I doubt he was referring to 'all your base'
"1977 "It Takes All Night Long" Original additional bracketed portion (To **** Little Girls) deleted by record company
"1980 "What Your Mama Don't See" <----That's just too easy.
"1981 "And Then She Kissed Me" Extract from his defence trial
"1985 "Love Comes" Full album title reads "Love Comes, so clean it up bitch"
Or albums:
(1973) Touch Me
(1984) Boys Will Be Boys
And his upcoming new release
(2006) Girls Can Be Boys (If You Turn Them Over)
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2 May 2006, 15:57
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson
Remember that he has a conviction for possessing child porn in this country, Heinrich.
I'm going to go out on a relatively sturdy limb here, and say that I'm tempted to say that the Vietnamese legal system isn't part of a gigantic Murdochian plot to discredit him, and the verdict against him was probably sound.
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My memory seems to have failed me on that count
The evidence seems rather more compelling then, heigh ho.
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3 May 2006, 04:05
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
Is it just me or does he even look evil? :O
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3 May 2006, 04:22
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Re: Gift of the Gadd
I'm generally suspicious towards legal verdicts reached in non-Western countries, especially when these countries have no real history of human rights recognition. Venezuela, at this precise moment in time, is emphatically not be a place which I hold to have any credibility.
But in any case, the whole thing is quite obviously a tabloid witch-hunt regardless of his alleged guilt. Its probably even more distasteful than the Pete Docherty fiasco, since there's more potential for generating moral outrage in celebrity obssesed loons.
Last edited by Nodrog; 3 May 2006 at 05:16.
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