General Chat

Precisely - it is a little like running around with your fingers in your ears shouting "la la laa".

Bad and wicked deeds should and usually will result in the perpetrator being castigated. The normal process of parole demands acceptance of guilt which unfortunately Harris does not yet seem ready to do.

But what about the work of these people ? Some would say that all of the old episodes of TOTP with JS should be wiped, same for Harris and their music terminated.

However a good song remains a good song whatever happened next, same for art and movies. Would it really be a good idea to remove all the movies made by Ronan Polanski and music involving Phil Spector for example ? Or even the Manic Street Preachers. Or moving on a bit censor recorded sports events where the winner was on drugs etc.

Do you think some sort of Fahrenheit 451 team searching for disowned media should be created ? Should everything we watch and write be secretly observed and recorded to be possible held against us one unforeseen day?

That is the logical end game for Melanie Philips, May, Cameron and co.

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

I thought that letters being sent and received by prisoners were vetted? how come this letter found its way out!...if/when he ever gets out he will probably have to go back to Oz, can't see him surviving over here. :-|

At my age, not many of my 1950/60s teenage idols are still alive.

I'm intending to draw up a list of names of those not (yet) implicated in dodgy goings-on of yesteryear. Hopefully, I can gain some comfort from the result.

I totally agree Dermot - it is often those closest who bear the brunt.

Like all wrongdoings, the tentacles of 'badness' often stretch out to encompass others, particularly the miscreant's family, who are usually innocent victims & through no fault of their own, forced to run the public gauntlet of humiliation & embarrassment.

I totally agree

low life scumbag :-(

I am not wholly convinced that a private letter should necessarily be published/made public and wonder about the legal implications of that. I hope that the veracity and context have been taken into account by the publishers.

I am not, in any way, condoning anything but I do think that there is more to this than meets the eye.

They probably want to get on with their lives and that must be nigh impossible in this country, i don't blame them for going to Australia they won't get all the media attention over there.

I thought I detected a bit of narcissistic rage in that letter.

Is his wife Australian? I don't think she is and Bindi has always been in Britain.

My friend told me yesterday that his wife and daughter were moving back to to Australia without him has I said before I hope he rots in prison

Yes. i read that Chris.. and he went home alone each day.

oo - my posting has been restored :-D :-D

It was reported that he and his wife picked up their daughter at a café before reporting to court each day - gave the impression of an united family.

His daughter's friend was one of the witnesses apparently.

Well, i have said this before but...

i saw him over 40 years ago in my local park, it was to re-open some alterations to a part of the park and he was the guest to do the ceremonies there were lots of young children there including mine and the filth just rolled off his tongue, his jokes were blue and offensive.. i have never liked him since.

Imprisonment is a bad & expensive way to make miscreants change their behaviour.

It's not nice to advocate a jail sentence for anybody, but it is vital that justice is administered in some form, evenly and fairly for all.

This is how things are until an alternative is created.

Maggie...if he is having such a cushy time in prison he probably doesn't want parole...he feels safe where he is!...and he's giving art lessons!

I couldn't believe it about him at first...not like Jimmy Saville...but it just shows that you never know!!

At least his actions are likely hinder his parole :-D

...does make you wonder which 'friend' he sent the letter to, though, doesn't it?

Disgusting Man ..he should never be allowed out of prison .