Any readers of Skreeworld will be aware of our fascination even obsession with glam rock.
I am very disturbed about monday 9th november and the virtual execution of Gary Glitter on channel 4 9pm. this docu/drama is being promoted as a critique of the fact that 70% of the populationbelieve we should reinstate the death penalty. Birmingham 6, Guildford 4, Evans, Dereck Bentley, 'let him have it'. We are not America, we are not Saudi Arabia. Yesterday at midday , a sex offender was beheaded his body crucified his head paraded on a spike. Iggy Pop had a 13 year old girlfriend back in the 70s and has recently been awarded a lifetime achievement award. Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson is being deified in the film of his practice sessions 'This is it'. There is no way that paedophilia can be justified. It is the most hienous crime. In prison culture, all conventional criminals justify thier actions by thier mutual hatred of beasts, nonces, paedos. To take a childs innocense, to use a child as a sex object is abhorrent. I in no way condone Paul Gadds actions and it is yet to be seen how they play out 'The execution of Gary Glitter'. His virtual execution is what many feel he deserves. He seems to be without remorse as was Jackson, the only separation is Lackson paid off his victims where as Gadd tried to justify himself in court. Of course they were both guilty. Personally I dislike Jacksons music but like Glitters. As a child I was a Gary Glitter fan and still feel the magic of his music. Can we separate the art from the artist? I believe we can. Gadd served his time unlike Jackson for his crimes in Vietnam, something Presley, Jackson, Lewis, Pop didnt. So I await the execution of my childhood idol.
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