no not JK..the other 'disgraced' writer Oscar Wilde :The Selfish Giant

why isn't Oscar 'disgraced' in The Guordian ? ..after all he was found guilty of 'historic' abuse and serious sex crimes.

hypocrisy.

hedda wrote:

hypocrisy


No - Wilde's crime was just gross indecency.

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.

Wilde & Taylor sentencing transcript:
be.bing.com/search?q=justice+wills+on+wi...hBox&FORM=IE8SRC

law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/wilde.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Fry on Wilde:

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?

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