AG - //Why did Adam Johnson, child groomer, stir up so much debate and howls of 'injustice' and 'derision'? //
You raise an interesting point.
Both you and I, and several other regulars, indulged in a passionate debate about Johnson's behaviour, and the defensibility - or not - of it.
Cultural attitudes around this situation seem to polarise, as they did in the Johnson debate -
Young men are naturally sexually voracious coupled with an absence of morals, and famous footballers take advantage of the sex offered by unsuitable young women ... or ...
Tarty underage girls throw themselves at footballers because of the money and glamour that surrounds them, and footballers are innocently enjoying the fringe benefits of their fame, and remain blameless.
Or, as in the case of an exploited male teenager -
A woman in a position of trust has abused and exploited the trust placed in her and behaved in an inappropriate manner ... or ...
A young lad was lucky to be initiated into the mysteries of sex by a randy older woman, and I would have if I could have.
I know which approach I take to these situations - and was amazed at the exhaustive lengths some AB'ers were willing to go to in order to underline their support for Johnson in his status as a 'wronged celebrity'.
I am sure this debate will come around again - depressingly there is always another of these cases around the corner.