David Sullivan steps down as co-chair of West Ham

[Jordi Culé]

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That's true, even office Managers used their power in the 80s to try and bed pretty younger girls, it was more or less accepted.

That good old British values of sexual coercion being alright if the victim doesn't realise its an offence.

It was always nonce/sex pest behaviour. Pure and simple.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: David Sullivan steps down as co-chair of West Ham

That good old British values of sexual coercion being alright if the victim doesn't realise its an offence.

It was always nonce/sex pest behaviour. Pure and simple.

Of course, and it was probably worse in the decades before from the sixties on?

[NYCBlue]

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That's true, even office Managers used their power in the 80s to try and bed pretty younger girls, it was more or less accepted.

Slavery was also more or less accepted at one time. It doesn't make it any less horrendous, brutal and morally wrong.

[Jordi Culé]

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Of course, and it was probably worse in the decades before from the sixties on?

I miss these old traditional values where you could say to the female 16 year old admin junior, "you're legal now sweetheart, brace yourself, Daddy's coming..."

All in the spirit of good old clean fun. There was no harm in it.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Slavery was also more or less accepted at one time. It doesn't make it any less horrendous, brutal and morally wrong.

Yes of course, I wasn't saying it was right, just agreeing with someone that times and judgments and opinions on many things have changed.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Reading this it would be astonishing if the allegations aren't true:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...d-images-girls

The thing that strikes me about this and other similar reports that have been appearing this week is they make no mention of the fact that, in reality, everyone knew exactly what the Sunday Sport and the Daily Sport (and Sullivan himself) were all about. Nevertheless, these publications were sold to anyone who wanted to buy them by all of the major newsagent chains, as well as the major supermarkets.

[splott parker]

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The thing that strikes me about this and other similar reports that have been appearing this week is they make no mention of the fact that, in reality, everyone knew exactly what the Sunday Sport and the Daily Sport (and Sullivan himself) were all about. Nevertheless, these publications were sold to anyone who wanted to buy them by all of the major newsagent chains, as well as the major supermarkets.

Exactly, did anyone at the time give a f*ck? Working on the buildings the Sport newspaper outdid The Sun & outnumbered it in some canteens (not once did I buy either, I may add). These blokes were taking it home, throwing it on the settee, their wives & kids skimming through it no doubt to get to the telly page. Me & the missus often mention that nowadays we’d be too uncomfortable to watch current television in the company of our later mothers. But all those years ago a fair few were feeding the Sullivan & Gold machine, are they now claiming to be horrified by the, probably true, allegations?

[blue matt]

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Nah I think that was Tom Baker

That Baker chap again :sherlock:

[splott parker]

Re: David Sullivan steps down as co-chair of West Ham

That Baker chap again :sherlock:

Thought he’d f*cked off:hehe: