Since Jimmy Saville has been tried, convicted, and condemned in the court of public enquiry (and very probably rightly so - see, I've just done it as well), the police in the UK have instigated an inquiry into alleged sexual abuse in the 60s and 70s, which means many people that were famous 40-50 years ago in the UK are now under investigation for many things that - at the time - were no big deal (groping girls, leering, being a bit creepy, & etc.). However, if they have been kiddie-fiddling, then they deserve to burn for all eternity in Hell's fiery pit, I hasten to add.
Now, many of the alleged miscreants may be guilty of various crimes (crimes that are crimes NOW, but were not THEN, perhaps), this has opened up a huge can of worms.
Still, I have to say that the report from the trial of Dave Lee Travis (DLT - The Hairy Cornflake) just about takes the biscuit. Have a read, and then tell me what the fuck a 'deputy carnival princess' is for a start, and then tell me if a 19-year-old counts as a minor...
Boring Ken Barlow from Corrie, Freddie Starr, Jim Davidson, Stuart (The Belgians!) Hall, Paul Gambaccini and Rolf Harris (Rolf Harris, FFS!) have all been arrested. Who's next, I wonder - Zippy (Oh, Bungle, we have been naughty...) out of Rainbow? Bill & Ben? That guy from Fingerbobs? Mary, Mungo & Midge?
Ah, well - that's my childhood gone for a bogey. I guess I'll just have to grow the fuck up.
Fat chance.