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Offline TomSea

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Folk singer Peter Yarrow, 81, disinvited from festival over 1969 indecency case (Peter, Paul & Mary)
« on: July 03, 2019, 04:52:21 pm »
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Folk singer Peter Yarrow, 81, disinvited from festival over 1969 indecency case
 World News | Published: 2 hours ago | Last Updated: Less than an hour ago

The member of the Peter, Paul and Mary outfit answered the door naked to a 14-year-old autograph hunter but was later pardoned by President Carter.

A US music festival has disinvited folk singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary over his 1970 jail sentence for indecent liberties with a 14-year-old girl.

The Press and Sun Bulletin of Binghamton reports that board members of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in New York state cited negative reaction to Yarrow on social media in their decision to remove him from the festival’s line-up.

Read more at: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/world-news/2019/07/03/folk-singer-peter-yarrow-81-disinvited-from-festival-over-1969-indecency-case/

Kind of gossipy, I had no idea this ever happened.
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Re: Folk singer Peter Yarrow, 81, disinvited from festival over 1969 indecency case (Peter, Paul & M
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2019, 05:03:20 pm »
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board members of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in New York state cited negative reaction to Yarrow on social media in their decision to remove him from the festival’s line-up

Seriously?  This is what we have become?  Everything comes down to some popularity contest on Facebook?  The Festival organizers had full knowledge of this event that occurred FIFTY YEARS AGO, yet it all comes down to that very minute minority that dominates social media.  Bah!
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Re: Folk singer Peter Yarrow, 81, disinvited from festival over 1969 indecency case (Peter, Paul & M
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2019, 08:19:54 pm »
Let me get this straight...someone knocks on the door of this guy and he is naked. So he didn't knock on her door? Right?
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Re: Folk singer Peter Yarrow, 81, disinvited from festival over 1969 indecency case (Peter, Paul & M
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2019, 09:07:49 pm »
Quote from: berdie on July 03, 2019, 08:19:54 pm
Let me get this straight...someone knocks on the door of this guy and he is naked. So he didn't knock on her door? Right?

I think there was more to it than that, but I'm not interested enough to do the research.
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