Stuart Hall
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poliphiloThe Mail had a quote from Stuart Hall's autobiography. Apparently as a young man he turned down the chance to become a professional footballer because the wages wouldn't have been enough "to keep me in tarts and fags".
Tarts, fags- same thing really- two of life's little pleasures.
Is that his view of women? I suppose it must be, because if he saw women as persons I don't think he could have done the things he did and lived to 83 being all jolly and such.
Did he never feel a twinge of self-disgust? Never feel tempted to put a gun-barrel in his mouth?
His youngest victim was 9.
Tarts, fags- same thing really- two of life's little pleasures.
Is that his view of women? I suppose it must be, because if he saw women as persons I don't think he could have done the things he did and lived to 83 being all jolly and such.
Did he never feel a twinge of self-disgust? Never feel tempted to put a gun-barrel in his mouth?
His youngest victim was 9.
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Date: 2013-05-04 11:23 am (UTC)If anything good can be said of his conduct, at least he did finally plead guilty, rather than dragging it through a lengthy court process, which would surely have been traumatic for his victims (again).
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Date: 2013-05-04 11:48 am (UTC)He's quite a piece of work...
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Date: 2013-05-04 11:54 am (UTC)Actually, I suppose I know the answer to that. Some people are born without empathy- not really their fault- there's something wrong with their brains. Others are shaped that way- by a society that encourages the objectification of people.
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Date: 2013-05-04 01:13 pm (UTC)Stuart Hall was a smart guy- smarter than the shows he appeared in. He knew he was doing bad things and he did them anyway. In some ways I find him scarier than Savile. Savile was clearly odd- a person whose sexuality was mysterious but plainly not mainstream- but with Hall there were no warning signs. He was a jolly uncle- a bit fruity perhaps but not in "that" way. I don't think I'd have trusted my kids with Savile but I'd have trusted them with him.
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Date: 2013-05-04 12:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-04 01:13 pm (UTC)