Gary Glitter: The Worst Man In History. Ever. Bar No-one.

I am inclined to agree with the Devil on this one:

Unpleasant though he may be, I have to say that I have found the constant hounding and lurid reporting of Gary Glitter's release and subsequent attempts to go... well... anywhere, extraordinarily fucking distasteful.

Quite. Glitter committed a horrific crime. He has served his time, and he is now a free man. He shouldn’t be hounded to the ends of the earth by the media and by the Home Secretary.

But there will be those who argue that Glitter is still a danger, and may pose a threat to other children. But here’s an idea – a crazy, almost lunatic idea - that just might work: how’s about parents take some responsibility for their spawn and don’t let their kids near him? After all, he couldn’t be any more distinctive*:


This pathetic paranoia about paedophiles would be hilarious if it were not so obtrusive and ineffectual. Constant headlines about the freakish Gary Glitter are not going to achieve anything other than shifting copies of tabloid rags to the hysterical masses. The simple fact is that child abuse is a problem – but creating bogeymen such as Gary Glitter merely hide the fact the most likely perpetrator of child abuse is likely a family member or a friend of the family.

So leave Glitter alone to find a rock to crawl under. He’s served his time; he is known internationally as a monster. He’s been punished for what he did by prison, and will be continued to be punished by his odious reputation. The shrill hectoring of the tabloid press is as unnecessary as it is distasteful.


*Picture via The Daily Mail - your one stop shop for hysterical, hate-filled nonsense!