Tokyo is known for its lights, action and in this case dirty old men staring at the bottoms of younger gals. There aren't many laws against gawking when it comes to getting long in the pants, er, tooth, but like most civilized nations, they have laws protecting the young and innocent against dirtier old men who might do more than a second or nineteenth glance.
Which brings me of course to the Super Bowl, The Who, and a children's right organization who have a beef with the choice of band playing this coming Super Bowl's halftime show. For those of you living around a rock, it is The Who. But an organization called Child AbuseWatch.net wants the group banned from playing the elusive slot when the game takes place in Miami.
The argument refers to guitarist Pete Townshend's arrest for what he incredulously (naively?) did back in 2003. The guitarist was looking into the issue of child abuse and decided it was somehow proper to use his credit card to peruse a pedophile website as a means of research. Police investigated the incident and gave him a "caution" for accessing child pornography, clearing him of the wrongdoing, including downloading photos from the internet.
The NFL -- who had Michael Jackson as its talent mere weeks before his fascination with kiddies became known -- has stated it will go ahead as planned and not make any last-minute changes. But if enough media coverage begins, it might lead to more pressure over the coming weeks to readdress the issue.
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