Originally posted by The Moleman
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Am I on my own here or is Adam Johnson being compared to the likes of Jimmy Savile a bit OTT. I agree that he should have exercised better judgement and not broke the law but it feels that he's very much being made into a scapegoat for multiple police failings with paedophiles that escaped conviction.
As for Hopkins, what really gets to me is that, rather than trying to argue that Johnson isn't a paedophile and leaving it at that, she's gone to the other extreme and called the girl a clever slag which is simply abhorrent. I don't care if that girl was clever, conniving, knew exactly what she was doing or was completely naive and coerced into it by Johnson. It's all irrelevant because she's not the one who has to consider the implications. He is. I've been occasionally bamboozled out of sweets or a go on the megadrive by youngsters of all ages but that doesn't mean I should treat them like adults.
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