Jimmy Saville

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Oakey

27,523 posts

215 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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pitmansboots said:
For me, I find it incredible that even a small number could be abused without at least one of them evidencing the abuse at or close to the time.
Go on then, enlighten us to what the vital piece of damning evidence is that proves a dirty old man fingered you.

technogogo

401 posts

183 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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JustinP1 said:
pitmansboots said:
A cigar-smoking TV presenter/DJ is a power broker of such immense controlling influence that not one abused person dared bubble him...F**k off...

...For me, I find it incredible that even a small number could be abused without at least one of them evidencing the abuse at or close to the time.
You are aware about the large number of simultaneous and independent instances of systematic abuse in the Catholic church on both sides of the Atlantic that only came to light recently?

Abusers have been proven to get away with is for many years because the abuser is in a position of power, and no young individual comes forward for fear of what might happen, and/or if they do their claim goes nowhere as it is rubbished.
Yes exactly. And the balance of power changes as the years pass but still there is the deep shame and feeling that as a victim you were partly to blame. Then after several, perhaps many more years, that too fades you are left with only one persons word against another. It's not a provable case so why put yourself through the severe agro of coming forward? Surely that isn't too hard to understand pitmansboots?

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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I find it incredible we have not one but TWO threads regarding the bejangling paedo and neither of them have his name spelt correctly.

Mill Wheel

6,149 posts

195 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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hornetrider said:
I find it incredible we have not one but TWO threads regarding the bejangling paedo and neither of them have his name spelt correctly.
Funny - my spell checker didn't spot it...! wink

Fartomatic5000

558 posts

154 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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hornetrider said:
I find it incredible we have not one but TWO threads regarding the bejangling paedo and neither of them have his name spelt correctly.
This is how I remember it.
Jimmy Savile is an anagram of "Jimmy's a vile..."

burwoodman

18,709 posts

245 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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Mill Wheel said:
Interesting that you think older men "letching" at younger women bad - in France the men seem more than happy to admire younger women openly - and the younger women seem happy to be admired and even form liaisons with older men - even married ones!

Affairs carried on by married partners of both sexes are generally more acceptable than in Britain - and it seems it is no obstacle to political ambition to have been found romancing another woman while married.

Perhaps this is because divorce is considered a greater evil there?

Saville would have been more roundly criticised in France for his fashion sense than his sexual preferences!
What's with this 'young woman' bullst. The man was not interested in 20 let alone 18. We are talking children here.

decadence

502 posts

157 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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pitmansboots said:
A cigar-smoking TV presenter/DJ is a power broker of such immense controlling influence that not one abused person dared bubble him...F**k off.

I sense ex NOTW reporter types with the smell of a story and those suddenly realizing that rich, dead old men apparently fiddling with them years ago can pay dividends.

Don't get me wrong; if he did it just once, he should be dug up and fed to the fishes off his beloved Scarborough; equally so for those who run the story without proof and make untrue accusations.

For me, I find it incredible that even a small number could be abused without at least one of them evidencing the abuse at or close to the time.
OK, the recent Rochdale case. Some of those girls raised the issue of abuse with social services AND the police, they were ignored and in fact labelled prostitutes!

How the hell can you find it 'incredible' that some abused children are scared to tell on an adult ... we have a history of not believing them, happened on the catholic church and within the cubs/scouts....
I still firmly believe that what shocked and appalled the nation regards the Rochdale case was the fact the perpetrators were Asian men... frankly I don't think many of the masses shouting loudest cared a jot about the young girls as they were just lost in the system. It was a race thing IMO, that was the story.

burwoodman

18,709 posts

245 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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Pitman shoots going lower than low, never liked you as a profiter from cameras. Now positively loathe you for your Savills comments. You sir are scum

Oakey

27,523 posts

215 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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burwoodman said:
Pitman shoots going lower than low, never liked you as a profiter from cameras.
What do you mean?

Mill Wheel

6,149 posts

195 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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burwoodman said:
What's with this 'young woman' bullst. The man was not interested in 20 let alone 18. We are talking children here.
Young - as in 15 years old is not unknown or considered unusual.
You seem to have missed the discussions regarding the missing teacher and his pupil in another thread.

RYH64E

7,960 posts

243 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Mill Wheel said:
Young - as in 15 years old is not unknown or considered unusual.
You seem to have missed the discussions regarding the missing teacher and his pupil in another thread.
Not considered unusual by who? Savile, Glitter and some posters on PH?

burwoodman

18,709 posts

245 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Mill Wheel said:
Young - as in 15 years old is not unknown or considered unusual.
You seem to have missed the discussions regarding the missing teacher and his pupil in another thread.
The comment was directed at posters making reference to young woman in their 20's, married woman and the like. And what is your point? A 30 yr old should not fk about with a child-are you suggesting it's ok because she is almost legal? The documentary mentioned several who were 12, I recall 15 was the upper limit.

Pontoneer

3,643 posts

185 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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daz3210 said:
I just watched the documentary on what has been alleged.

Based on what aired nothing has been proven as such, but what can be gained from the accusations?

Can any claim be made on his estate for compensation?
I doubt that any compensation can be awarded , but if facts can be established then it may give some sense of closure to some victims .

Again , subject to suitably compelling evidence , I wonder if he could be posthumously stripped of his knighthood ?

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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As medals can be awarded posthumously, then in principle I suppose that a knighthood could be removed after death, if there was sufficient evidence of wrongdoing, allowing for the alleged doer being around to defend himself.

Pontoneer

3,643 posts

185 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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RYH64E said:
Not considered unusual by who? Savile, Glitter and some posters on PH?
Since Savile and Glitter clearly knew each other , and Savile is on record speaking up in Glitter's defence when his sordid tale came out , I wonder if both might have been members of a circle of abusers , with the possibility of others still being extant .

That possibility alone makes the whole matter worthy of investigation .

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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burwoodman said:
What's with this 'young woman' bullst. The man was not interested in 20 let alone 18. We are talking children here.
Allegedly.

I am at this point reasonably confident that this has not been proven.

streaky

19,311 posts

248 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Pontoneer said:
I wonder if he could be posthumously stripped of his knighthood ?
No-one has been posthumously deprived of a knighthood. Roger Casement lost his the day after he was found guilty of high treason.

In the case of peerages, apart from some medieval precedents and the Titles Deprivation Act 1917, it is generally accepted that deprivation can only follow attainder for treason.

Streaky

Mill Wheel

6,149 posts

195 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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RYH64E said:
Mill Wheel said:
Young - as in 15 years old is not unknown or considered unusual.
You seem to have missed the discussions regarding the missing teacher and his pupil in another thread.
Not considered unusual by who? Savile, Glitter and some posters on PH?
Have you read the whole thread?
I posted earlier that culturally in France, men looking at young girls is not viewed in the same manner as it is here.
Fiddling yes, but looking, no.
It has already been pointed out elsewhere that the age of consent is lower in France - and even lower in Spain... I presume there is a link.

Brigitte Bardot started her relationship with her first husband when she was 15 - and Roman Polanski who is still wanted for the rape of a 13 year old in the US lived in France where he had several relationships with young women without anything resulting from it.

Mill Wheel

6,149 posts

195 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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burwoodman said:
Mill Wheel said:
Young - as in 15 years old is not unknown or considered unusual.
You seem to have missed the discussions regarding the missing teacher and his pupil in another thread.
The comment was directed at posters making reference to young woman in their 20's, married woman and the like. And what is your point? A 30 yr old should not fk about with a child-are you suggesting it's ok because she is almost legal? The documentary mentioned several who were 12, I recall 15 was the upper limit.
My point was clear - in other countries (I specified France), Saviles behaviour would not be considered so unusual as it is here at the time when it occurred.
There is now more concern at men forming relationships with young girls - but not at older men admiring younger girls.

The age of consent is lower in France, and even lower in Spain... go figure!

RYH64E

7,960 posts

243 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Mill Wheel said:
Have you read the whole thread?
I posted earlier that culturally in France, men looking at young girls is not viewed in the same manner as it is here.
Fiddling yes, but looking, no.
It has already been pointed out elsewhere that the age of consent is lower in France - and even lower in Spain... I presume there is a link.

Brigitte Bardot started her relationship with her first husband when she was 15 - and Roman Polanski who is still wanted for the rape of a 13 year old in the US lived in France where he had several relationships with young women without anything resulting from it.
Read it all and contributed. To me, there is a world of difference between two teenagers having sex (15/16/17) and a much older man having sex with a teenager. It certainly isn't usual for an older man to have any kind of relationship with a much younger girl, not unheard of maybe, but not usual and a bit strange in my opinion.
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