Uzique The Lesser wrote:
again, society has only marked this behaviour off as 'deviant' and 'beyond the pale' since a spate of pedo-killings and tabloid sensationalism in the late 90's/early 00's. does that necessarily make it 'right'? well, no... if a society is sexualizing and turning teenagers into feisty groupies, that society obviously has some questionable ideologies and cultural values at work. but can you demonize the single individuals who hooked up with a groupie? i don't really think john peel was a child molester. a young man who slept with a few buxom teenagers, maybe. if he had perverted tendencies, he would have continued doing it beyond the 70's, and well into his maturity - as savile did. people who harbour perverted predilections for young girls and 'children' don't generally tend to grow out of it. it's a psychological problem.
Nope, its never been acceptable, its more that the 70s were a more naive time when 'dirty old men' were a comedy staple, Benny Hill could make a career out of being a lecher, Rod Hull could grope women on stage for laughs etc.
It really didn't occur to people that Priests would be raping choir-boys, scoutmasters diddling their charges or DJs and TV presenters would be raping their teenage fans.
It was completely inconceivable at the time.
As for Peel there's a difference between making a single mistake with a 15 year old and asking 13 year olds to dress as school-girls and line up.
Nope, nothing weird about this guy.
Last edited by Dilbert_X (2013-05-03 16:58:34)
