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AIBU to think that if you email a pic of your genitals to a child, then you are indeed a "sick paedo"?

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MmeLindor. · 28/06/2011 15:31

I am shocked that the Times journalist Graham Spiers's posts on Twitter.

GrahamSpiers Graham Spiers
Everyone condemns what Craig Thomson has done. But he is no ?sick paedo? and the rest of it. This is what the internet does to kids today.
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GrahamSpiers Graham Spiers
I feel sorry for Hearts? Craig Thomson, as deplorable as his actions have been. This kid, in the internet age, took a dire wrong turning.
3 hours ago

He later said that he is not defending the Hearts player, who has been put on the sex offenders register for emailing young girls story here

From that article it is clear that the footballer was grooming the girls, that he knew for sure how old they were. How can anyone say that he "took a wrong turn".

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MmeLindor. · 28/06/2011 16:37

Dittany
I read it several times before believing what I was reading.

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dittany · 28/06/2011 16:35

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MmeLindor. · 28/06/2011 15:45

Yes, Dooin

I fancy a bit of fraud. I will do it over the internet, as you know the internet tempted me to do so. It is what the internet does to kids today.

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HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 28/06/2011 15:44

I doubt he would be excusing this behaviour if a woman had sent the photos to a child. It is only because he is a male footballer that it even crosses Spiers's mind that this might be acceptable.

DooinMeCleanin · 28/06/2011 15:44

Ah so it is the internet's fault. Nasty, evil interweb forcing men to act abhorrently Hmm

WeDONTneedanotherhero · 28/06/2011 15:42

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TheRealMBJ · 28/06/2011 15:42

Thanks for the link Mme

OnlyWantsOne · 28/06/2011 15:41

YADNBU

twunts

WeDONTneedanotherhero · 28/06/2011 15:41

I find it abhorent that the club did not sack him on the spot. I am also gob smacke tht anyone can even attempt to justify his actions. As far as I can see he preyed on those girls. No 20 year old would have those conversations with girls that age so in my mind it much more than a "wrong turn", it's paedophilia.

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MmeLindor. · 28/06/2011 15:41

It is scary, Pag.

He seems to have no understanding of the way in which paedophiles work (which as a sports journalist he doesn't really need, but then he should keep his trap shut and not publicly announce his sympathy for the man).

And is there any worse thing to do, as a public figure, than to come out in sympathy with a paedophile?

Perhaps it is linked to the peeeeedo fear that is so prevalent in UK, so that we are too willing to accept "misunderstandings" from normal decent men who made "mistakes" while we shout peeeedo at strange looking guys who happen to be slightly odd looking.

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TheRealMBJ · 28/06/2011 15:38

YANBU.

It's disgusting. Even more disgusting that anyone could feel sorry for him.

Pagwatch · 28/06/2011 15:37

It is interesting that he does not seem to contemplate this offence as part of a grooming process.

Does he really think that had he got away with it, Craig Thomson would have thought ' oh excellent, flashed my genitals, got this child to do a few things for me but I really ought to stop now'

Society is shockingly, staggeringly uneducated about pedophiles and grooming and abuse.

The teacher that was abusing children in his classroom was discussed on here and someone posted ' how did the teacher manage to scare all those children into keeping quiet'. Breathtaking.

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MmeLindor. · 28/06/2011 15:36

Here is the Twitter feed

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DooinMeCleanin · 28/06/2011 15:34

He took a wrong turn? Like he meant to send them to an adult? No, I didn't think so.

YANBU.

Alibabaandthe80nappies · 28/06/2011 15:34

This whole situation is horrific, and IMO just emphasises what a ridiculous pedestal footballers are put on. It is like they are somehow above normal rules.

Vile, vile man. Anyone else would be being sacked from his job and torn to shreds by the press.