Does Pete Towsend deserve to die?

No.

I wouldn't mind living longer than a typical human being does. Preferably with a body that is fit enough to do what I want. I wouldn't run out of things to do or try anytime soon.

chopper wrote: omphaloskepsis wrote: I wonder if Pete wrote A Quick One about his addiction. I know Pete wrote it about a guy who like to diddle a little, but maybe Pete's fantasy's factored into A Quick One?  What addiction?

chopper wrote: omphaloskepsis wrote: I wonder if Pete wrote A Quick One about his addiction. I know Pete wrote it about a guy who like to diddle a little, but maybe Pete's fantasy's factored into A Quick One?  What addiction?

no. he doesn't

ExittheLemming wrote: Just for clarity and without wishing to condone his actions in 2003, Pete was arrested for using his credit card to access a website offering child pornography, although no images were downloaded. He was cautioned by the police and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years after saying he was trying to prove big banks were complicit in the child-porn industry. He remains active in charity work that deals with the consequences of the sexual abuse of children. Irrespective of any past misdemeanors and errors of judgement, he will always be one of the greatest British songwriters of all time whose work belongs in the same conversation as Lennon/McCartney, Ray Davies, Elvis Costello, Jagger/Richards, Paddy McAloon, Lloyd Cole, Strummer/Jones, Elton John, David Bowie, Queen, Jeff Lynne, Syd Barrett, Noel Gallagher et al. Hope Mr Townshend gets old before he dies.

I love ya JD, but this is a weird thread. 

The piece suggests that 'he doesn't deserve to be alive' NOT that 'he deserves to die' . I think that subtle change of wording for the thread title is quite emotive tbh. Partly he says that because of the booze and drugs and hard partying as much as the personality thing. He think he is suggesting that better him (dying) than someone else with more moral fibre. I think that is quite common a feeling but he also admits that he has been a more useful member of society in the last 20 years than before. The raw honesty is good but then also common as you get close to checking out. At least he has contributed to art and that puts him way above certain members of the royal family who few would miss if they weren't around!

I'm not really the greatest Who fan, but he wrote Substitute and for that he deserves to live forever.

The concept of death and the concept of "deserving" are alien to each other.