Look I agree with Growler on this .... It has turned from a perfectly acceptable report of people coming forward and asking to have their side of the story listened to by the "Authorities" and at least they have now proved their case to those who didn't believe them at the time. The sheer numbers make it obvious that JS was up to no good whilst also doing good for some causes. Personally I always found the guy creepy but that is neither here nor there.
The problem now is with, once again, the British Media and the new British obsession with apologising for everything. Alistair Campbell makes it plain in his diaries his utter contempt for the bulk of the British media and it was he who coined the word "Wankfest" to describe how they carry on building up a story even without real evidence. He also tells how he advised Tony Blair not to pander to the media, not to apologise for every sin since Eve bit the apple and above all to fight the media every step of the way. Advice that Blair chose to ignore..... The end result being the Campbell gave up and left him.
Of course M'Learned Friends are getting in on the act ~ they are better at smelling money than my dog is at sniffing out food.
As for the so called journalists who are now saying "Well we heard the stories for years" and are now coming out as experts ~ all interviewing one another.
Why the fvck should anyone at the head of the BBC be apologising? .... He wasn't there, he knew nothing about it. The man was still in school when this was going on, he was born in 1962. It simply ain't his fault. By all means have a proper investigation, name who knew what and let them say "Sorry" and if they can be proven to have been complicit in illegal activity bang 'em up for a few years.
Actually I don't give a fat rat's arse about any more "coming forward" with their sorry story. Don't tell the newspapers, don't tell the BBC. Tell the police.
As for the media ~ Like many other bad things in the past it's over ... move on.
Now is the time to shut up about it, leave the thing alone and let the police and other authorities deal with it. Time to ask more questions is if they fail to so do.
I hope that I don't upset anyone by saying I feel exactly the same about "Bloody Sunday", Hillsborough and many other such tragedies. All are being dealt with and none of them are my fault, none had anything to do with Tony Blair, The Head of the BBC or me so stop saying how sorry we are, get the legalities underway and let the law take its course.
