Uncle John

[webbiewebbster]

All of this supposed outrage is obviously related to Savile - and because of the girl that went missing in Wales last Monday.
When things like this happen it hangs in the back people's minds and they want to lash out. At anything. 

Remember when there was a big pitchfork/flaming torch-wielding campaign led by The Sun against peodophile's and some paediatricians were attacked.

I'm not saying this is exactly the same situation, but it is the same sort of reaction.

The thing is though - Why weren't people outraged when this was published in Margrave Of The Marshes ? Why didn't crowds march upon the Radio 1 studios after Burchill's vindictive article ?

If you are mad about it enough then be mad and do something at the time. Not after he's been dead eight years. What is the point then ?

I think we all know what it's like with celebrity in the UK, we build them up and we knock them down. I'm just puzzled as to this "burn the witch" approach after they've gone though.

And with that I'll shut up now.


Oh and there's a good counterpoint article on Louder Than War:
http://louderthanwar.com/one-half-rhinoceroses-a-defence-john-peel-daily-mail-and-others/


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "kevin beech" <k.j.beech@...> wrote:
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> Unbelievable..,
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> This off course is a big smoke screen before some remembers the mail let jimmy into childrens hospitals and he was very good frends with our future king...
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: so_it_goes_2512 
>   To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 4:20 AM
>   Subject: [peel] Re: Uncle John
> 
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>     
>   Oh bloody hell, are the Mail so desperate for material that they're trotting this one out again, after Julie Burchill's failed hatchet job?
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>   http://festive50.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/stupid-useless-fat-bitch/
> 
>   As you can see, I've already had a go. Years ago. Nothing easier than kicking people who are no longer alive to defend themselves.
> 
>   Steve (TK)
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>   --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, aadam jacobs <aadamjacobs@> wrote:
>   >
>   > Cynthia Plastercaster is an old friend of mine. Many years ago we got on the subject of Peel, as I am, of course, a devotee. She told me a story about meeting him in the '60s, when she was a teenager, and him wanting to have sex with her. that turned her off to him forever (rightly so, I imagine). This was before Cynthia was casting rock star's penis', but even then it may have been creepy. Anyway, I chose to file that story away and not let it tarnish my appreciation for John. Well, I guess it's all out now. 
>   > 
>   > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213621/Claire-McAlpine-A-15-year-old-killed-leaving-diary-naming-DJs-abusers-Disturbing-questions-John-Peel-So-starts-WERE-involved.html
>   > 
>   > A bit about Cynthia for those who don't know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Plaster_Caster
>   >
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