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Gnomo
Sorry Ben9 but you are wrong - Alfred Taylor was convicted with Wilde. Alfred Taylor was Wilde's 'pimp' who introduced him to a number of delightful young men. You are right in saying Alfred Douglas was the young man who Wilde was prosecuted over - but he himself was never arrested. More info see the excellent article at www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtaylorAT.htm
Ben 9
Myths - you are an avid fan of Wikipedia (verbatim).
Wilde's friend was Alfred Douglas (not Taylor). Please get some facts right.
And, which er 'traumatised victims' existed - with anything to do with OW?
FactsNotMyths
Ben 9 wrote: ".. Wilde's crime was just gross indecency."
Tell it to the, er 'traumatised victims' ?
In 1895, raconteur, wit, visionary, Oscar Wilde (pre-carnate JK/Stephen Fry) rightly wrote, "We are dominated by journalism."
At an Old Bailey sentencing unusually on a saturday, 25 May 1895 (specially held for next day's News Of The World, quel surprise) Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor were convicted of Gross Indecency and sentenced to 2-years hard labour. Mr Justice Wills, typically tabloid appeasing, described the case as "the worst I have ever tried" and the sentence, the maximum allowed, as "totally inadequate for a case such as this."
Wilde's typically witty double-entendre response, "And I? May I say nothing, my Lord?" was drowned out in cries of "Shame" in the courtroom.
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- Alfred Taylor was convicted with Wilde. Alfred Taylor was Wilde's 'pimp' who introduced him to a number of delightful young men. You are right in saying Alfred Douglas was the young man who Wilde was prosecuted over - but he himself was never arrested. More info see the excellent article at 
