To be honest, this was somebody's 15 year old daughter, and in my opinion not particularly tasteful WUM material. FFS, they're second bottom of the league - there should be enough WUM material in that for anyone, without resorting to something that could have happened to any club and any set of fans. That'll be me down as Mr Popular and boring again no doubt
No one would give a **** if it was 15 year old boy. It's someones daughter? So what. I'm the autistic weirdo son of two people as well. Why is it ok to post verbally abusive **** to me like people have? I'm just a wittle boy!
I would care if it was a 15 yo boy. Don't put everyone in the same general boat. I have a son and two daughters and I know what I would do to the likes of Johnson if any of my children had been involved. Tash, two wrongs don't make a right. Just because boys aren't considered in the same way as girls doesn't make this any worse than it is. And the fact she was 15 almost 16 doesn't make it any less of an offence. Ask any father who has a daughter. No Chance said it right yesterday with his comment about moral compasses. It is an offence because, amongst other things, she was 15 yo. From the little I know about the case Johnson knew this. That in my eyes makes him scum regardless of how the girl behaved and by that I don't mean she did anything wrong because she didn't. It all goes back to that moral compass.
It probably wasn't the best timed or best worded thread Tash. I appreciate what you were saying about her being nearly 16 and that not being as bad as if she had been younger. It was still wrong though and that isn't in question. There has to be a cut off somewhere and the law in this country states 16 is the age of consent. The moral side of things doesn't even come into it, though there are plenty of people who would still think it was morally despicable if she was 16, or 17, or 18, or 21 depending on their own personal view of things. Any issues with 'how' wrong it was will be dealt with at sentencing by the judge, who will be in possession of far more facts than we are. He will not receive as big a sentence as he would have if she had been younger. However, he will also not receive as small a sentence as he would have if he had not knowingly broken the law (which I am assuming he did if there was grooming involved).
I understand what you're saying, and I'm not saying this is excusable, I'm not saying it's not a big deal, what I'm saying is that it's ridiculous how everyone jumps on the fake outrage bandwagon, and treats this as a horrible crime. People have been labeling him a *****phile, and that just goes to show you how ignorant most people are, because people really have no clue what that term means. The fact that Adam Johnson is being treat like he just ravaged a little girl is ****ing ridiculous. All I'm trying to say is that don't treat all cases of underage sex as the same, and realise that this is probably one of the least severe cases you could possibly get Having sex with someone merely months below the age of consent is far less severe that having sex with a little kid.
That is how I took what you posted on the other thread. However, like I said, the wording wasn't the best and left you open to a fair bit of angry responses. The timing was even worse. People will still be very raw about what has happened, and will react strongly. There are people who pick and choose how they view things to suit their own agenda and will jump on someone's wording of something despite having made similar comments themselves in the past. There is a lot of anger about and you left yourself open to a backlash. Like I said, chalk it down to experience. I don't believe for one second you were condoning his behaviour, but people who don't know you could have taken it that way.
at the end of the day no one has died lads, it's only a forum at the end of the day. Well I'm presuming no one has died as I haven't seen a RIP thread for a few days. The board isn't the same without a sprinkling of tribute threads......
He should be burned! This wont be the first time! You dont get caught the first time unless youre guy fawkes
I'm not even going to bother reading up before I form an opinion. So basically Tash is a ***** sympathiser? Sickening