The David Bowie death did make me wonder about the differing standards we hold celebs to. He was a great musician sure but he also apparently gave drugs and alcohol to a couple of 15 year old girls in his hotel room and had a threesome with them.
Michael Jackson had his share of dubious allegations re: kids however he was still widely mourned, still considered 'cool' at the time of his death.
Roman Polanski raped a 13 year old girl and still has to stick to living in certain countries for fear of extradition to the US... on the other hand he's still able to make movies the general public will buy, work with famous actors etc...
On the other hand Jimmy Savile is quite rightly vilified, the mere whiff of sex scandal regarding former politicians provokes outcry - stories regarding Lord McAlpine for example caused a huge media storm over what are apparently unfounded allegations.
People do seem to treat these things differently depending on who the abuser was... for example this is the Jimmy Savile thread on here:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18335233
yet I made a mention of these allegations in the David Bowie thread and the post + subsequent replies were immediately deleted + a 'last warning' or rather what should have been called a first warning issued by a mod.... the same, it seems, didn't apply to the Savile Thread. This isn't meant to criticise the moderation by rather just meant as further comment on this - it does seem that it isn't just the act(s) of abuse but also who it is behind that abuse that counts as far as public vilification is concerned.
Michael Jackson had his share of dubious allegations re: kids however he was still widely mourned, still considered 'cool' at the time of his death.
Roman Polanski raped a 13 year old girl and still has to stick to living in certain countries for fear of extradition to the US... on the other hand he's still able to make movies the general public will buy, work with famous actors etc...
On the other hand Jimmy Savile is quite rightly vilified, the mere whiff of sex scandal regarding former politicians provokes outcry - stories regarding Lord McAlpine for example caused a huge media storm over what are apparently unfounded allegations.
People do seem to treat these things differently depending on who the abuser was... for example this is the Jimmy Savile thread on here:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18335233
yet I made a mention of these allegations in the David Bowie thread and the post + subsequent replies were immediately deleted + a 'last warning' or rather what should have been called a first warning issued by a mod.... the same, it seems, didn't apply to the Savile Thread. This isn't meant to criticise the moderation by rather just meant as further comment on this - it does seem that it isn't just the act(s) of abuse but also who it is behind that abuse that counts as far as public vilification is concerned.