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(BBC) Sick Cut Gary Glitter some slack - after three years in a Vietnamese jail for abusing young girls, wouldn't YOU want a few days layover in Thailand?   (news.bbc.co.uk) divider line 42
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steevmit 2008-08-20 04:44:18 AM  
He's been given a date to return - she's eight but with makeup on looks at least thirteen.

 
serjohn 2008-08-20 05:37:31 AM  
The first thing he said after being released from prison was "I feel like a kid again".

/window seat plz

 
ElPresidente [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 05:45:10 AM  
Is he feeling a bit tongue-Thai'd?

/scum
//would like to shove a grenade up his Gary Glitter and pull the pin

 
slackist [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 06:45:21 AM  
He won't have much fun if he ends up in Bangkok immigration detention center; that place is pretty nasty.

 
DslainteC [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 07:27:43 AM  
After refusing him entry, Bangkok officials were overheard telling Glitter, "We get our kicks above the waistline, Sunshine."

 
gopher321 [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 07:55:27 AM  
Our correspondent said Glitter could theoretically travel to another country, but was unlikely to find one that would accept him given all the negative publicity he had received.

Why doesn't he just follow wherever Michael Jackson has disappeared to?

 
steevmit 2008-08-20 08:02:42 AM  
i214.photobucket.com

 
The Glass Dragon 2008-08-20 08:55:39 AM  
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble. Or so I'm told.

 
RecessVillain 2008-08-20 09:09:01 AM  
The Glass Dragon: One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble. Or so I'm told.

You'll find a god in every golden cloister
A little flesh, a little history
img.photobucket.com

 
GungFu 2008-08-20 09:16:45 AM  
img.thesun.co.uk

I'll punch pedo bear in the face if he touches my girls.

 
Hoboclown 2008-08-20 09:30:31 AM  
FTFA: " If he continues to refuse to leave then he will be confined in the [transit] area temporarily before being taken into a detention centre "

Lt Gen Chatchawal Suksomchit


Whaaaaat

 
Supercheeks [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-08-20 09:34:01 AM  
He's going to Bangkok in Thailand for a few days.

 
dothemath 2008-08-20 09:39:34 AM  
Im glad jolly old England keeps a close eye on Known Football Hooligans but lets the kiddy-diddlers run wild.

I would hate to be a dust-bin in Shaftsbury tonight.

 
solcofn [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 09:59:28 AM  
pwa.rollplaygames.com

 
Rev. Skarekroe [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 10:04:06 AM  
news.sky.com

Col. Sanders, how could you!

 
syrynxx [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 10:09:31 AM  
He just needs a little Thai(m) before coming back to the UK.

 
MCStymie 2008-08-20 10:16:08 AM  
DslainteC: After refusing him entry, Bangkok officials were overheard telling Glitter, "We get our kicks above the waistline, Sunshine."

I'd say you're talking to a tourist whose every move's among the purest, but this is Gary Glitter, who was apparently Pedobear's college roomie.

+1 still.

 
MmmBadEggs 2008-08-20 10:22:00 AM  
"Daa-daa-daa-daa-daa, HEEEEYYYYYYYYYYY!"

 
Olympus Mons 2008-08-20 10:55:03 AM  
Sick-o... one hit wonder.

Next thing you know he'll be applying for the Chinese girls gymnastic coach position.

Really every time I hear this stuff I just don;t get how there are people like this around.

 
Robert1966 [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 11:28:03 AM  
This turd doesn't even have the decency to fake remorse. I don't usually like to speak up in pedo threads because it's Internet Tough Guy central, but Glitter is just spew and should be ignored by everyone but the authorities.

 
TommyBahama 2008-08-20 11:34:47 AM  
wow that guy doesn't even seem ashamed of it.

 
jiaxiaobo 2008-08-20 11:49:21 AM  
First of all - 3 years. Wtf? People say, 'Well, he had money.' How much money could you possibly have after a few hits played in the 70s. I know that song was played at every basketball game.... but was it enough to successfully bribe prison guards 30 years after his 'hits'?

Also, how is he still alive? At his age, a couple good beatings would probably kill him. He wasn't in contact with any prisoners or guards in this Vietnamese prison? None of them were tempted to crack open whitey's skull? I hope he's at least forced to wear a diaper now.

I don't get it.

 
Gish21 2008-08-20 12:20:38 PM  
Glitter just left Thailand on a flight to Hong Kong.

Apparently he thinks they'll let him in, and that he can restart his singing career there.

 
Monkey's Knuckle 2008-08-20 12:21:19 PM  
Should be pulled in half.

 
ihatedumbpeople 2008-08-20 12:26:03 PM  
Good...don't let him into your country. It's pretty obvious (to anyone with half a brain) why he wants to stay there.

IMHO, pedos and child molestors can't serve too much time or get beaten too much in prison. They deserve every miserable second of prison time and prison rape they get.

 
Dick_McPlenty 2008-08-20 12:31:17 PM  
FTFA: Lt Gen Chatchawal Suksomchit, the chief of Thailand's immigration police, told the Associated Press news agency that Glitter was confined to the transit area at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Please tell me I'm not the only person who giggled when I read that dude's name.

 
code_monkey 2008-08-20 12:31:36 PM  
ihatedumbpeople: IMHO, pedos and child molestors can't serve too much time or get beaten too much in prison. They deserve every miserable second of prison time and prison rape they get.

But what if the kid was asking for it, I mean, REALLY asking for it?

 
samperkinsdog 2008-08-20 12:51:16 PM  
Do you wanna touch? - Yeah! Do you wanna touch? - Yeah!
Do you wanna touch me there? Yeah!
Do you wanna touch? - Yeah! Do you wanna touch? - Yeah!
Do you wanna touch me there? Where? There! Yeah! Oh!

Yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! There there there there
Yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Ow
Yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! ....
Every growing boy needs a little joy -
Beggin' on my knees, baby if you please -
Every growing boy needs a little toy -
I'm a natural man doin' all I can -
Every Friday night I got to get it right -
I'm waiting so long oh - ....

 
Henry Holland 2008-08-20 01:01:23 PM  
jiaxiaobo: How much money could you possibly have after a few hits played in the 70s

Quite a lot. From Wikipedia:

"Rock and Roll" was one of over 20 UK hit singles for Glitter. Part 2 of this song has been used in the soundtrack to many movies, including Reality Bites (1994), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Full Monty (1997), Small Soldiers (1998), Any Given Sunday (1999), Bedazzled (2000), The Replacements (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), Meet the Fockers

Every one one of those movies has to pay a licensing fee to the copyright holders (Glitter and Mike Leander) and Glitter, as one of the co-writers of the songs, get royalties from every soundtrack album sold; I think he also worked out a fee arrangement with the various sports leagues. And that's just one song, here's a list of his hits in his heyday:

1972 "Rock and Roll (Parts 1 and 2)" #2 UK
1972 "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Til I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll)" #4 UK
1973 "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah)" #2
1973 "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" #2 UK
1973 "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" #1 UK
1973 "I Love You Love Me Love" #1 UK
1974 "Remember Me This Way" #3 UK
1974 "Always Yours" #1 UK
1974 "Oh Yes! You're Beautiful" #2 UK
1975 "Love Like You and Me" #10 UK

He co-wrote all those songs, which, were big hits in other countries, have been covered quite a lot and put on soundtracks and compilations, so unless he was a horrible businessman and signed away his copyrights, he's farkin' rollin' in the dough.

Norman Greenbaum has been able to live comfortably off of Spirit in the Sky. There's a reason bands/performers fight like caged badgers over songwriting credits, it's because they can be a constant source of good income for decades.

/Pedant
//Disappointed no one Photoshopped Pedobear in to a Glitter pic

 
the voices in your head 2008-08-20 01:27:02 PM  
Malbar: He should never have been in jail in the first place. Age of consent laws are bullshiat and his "victims" consented.

Being attracted to children is a sexual orientation, no different from being gay or straight. He can't control what he's attracted to any more than a gay man can, yet we rally for rights for one and try to crucify the other?


Oh this thread is gonna be GOOOOOOOOOOD

 
An tSaoi 2008-08-20 01:34:38 PM  
He doesn't deserve punishment. He deserves gunishment!

 
An tSaoi 2008-08-20 01:37:26 PM  
Malbar: He should never have been in jail in the first place. Age of consent laws are bullshiat and his "victims" consented.

Being attracted to children is a sexual orientation, no different from being gay or straight. He can't control what he's attracted to any more than a gay man can, yet we rally for rights for one and try to crucify the other?


You almost have a point, in that "just being that way" is no excuse for anything. And you could argue that it's an orientation, just like being gay. However, the difference is that gays are consenting adults, while children tend not to consent to sexual abuse.

 
rynthetyn 2008-08-20 02:16:51 PM  
And, he was now refused entry by Hong Kong. I think it would be hilarious if it turns out that he keeps having to float from airport to airport around the world.

/of course, he could just return to the UK and register as a sex offender

 
Richard Hertz 2008-08-20 02:51:28 PM  
Malbar: He should never have been in jail in the first place. Age of consent laws are bullshiat and his "victims" consented.

Being attracted to children is a sexual orientation, no different from being gay or straight. He can't control what he's attracted to any more than a gay man can, yet we rally for rights for one and try to crucify the other?



Looks like another one's come around to the winning team.

 
NASAM 2008-08-20 02:53:23 PM  
Malbar: He should never have been in jail in the first place. Age of consent laws are bullshiat and his "victims" consented.

Being attracted to children is a sexual orientation, no different from being gay or straight. He can't control what he's attracted to any more than a gay man can, yet we rally for rights for one and try to crucify the other?


2/10

2 because you already got a bite.

 
Donald_McRonald 2008-08-20 03:11:35 PM  
news.sky.com"
"Eight-year-olds, dude."

 
America's Next Top Model 2008-08-20 03:22:16 PM  
Never trust an old white guy who spends a lot of time in Thailand. . .

 
ColSanders 2008-08-20 03:42:19 PM  
Rev. Skarekroe: Col. Sanders, how could you!

Wha?

 
Farkin'round 2008-08-20 04:48:11 PM  
i73.photobucket.com

 
rekoil [TotalFark] 2008-08-20 05:17:27 PM  
There's an interview floating around somewhere with Peter Christopherson where he more or less boasts about all the questionably legal ass he gets since he moved to Bangkok. It's pretty stomach-churning stuff.

 
ErikShocker 2008-08-20 05:29:27 PM  
Olympus Mons: Sick-o... one hit wonder.

Next thing you know he'll be applying for the Chinese girls gymnastic coach position.

Really every time I hear this stuff I just don;t get how there are people like this around.


One hit wonder?

Someone is ill-informed...

 
id209 2008-08-23 02:49:53 PM  
Gary Glitter 25 years of hits (Amazon). All the classics are here, including

Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
Doing Alright With The Boys
Rock Hard Men (Need The Power)
Oh What A Fool I've Been
What Your Mama Don't See (Your Mama Don't Know)
Be My Baby
And Then She Kissed Me

 
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