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Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90

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    #11
    Originally posted by Jog On View Post
    I had a lot of respect for him until the more unsavoury aspects of his sexual preferences came out.
    They couldn't have been _that_ unsavoury, by today's standards, or surely he wouldn't have got his K ? I mean they do background checks to ensure recipients of honours don't turn out have some frightful skeleton in the cupboard (although "Sir" Antony Blunt slipped through the net evidently)

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      #12
      I thought he liked to fiddle with young boys?
      The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

      But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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        #13
        Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
        I thought he liked to fiddle with young boys?
        What's wrong with teaching young boys to play with their instruments?

        I wish I'd stuck at the piano when I was that age, but learning to fiddle would have been even better.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Marina View Post
          They couldn't have been _that_ unsavoury, by today's standards, or surely he wouldn't have got his K ? I mean they do background checks to ensure recipients of honours don't turn out have some frightful skeleton in the cupboard (although "Sir" Antony Blunt slipped through the net evidently)
          His "K" was delayed while they investigated him about his "proclivities". He finally got his "K" when he was exonerated.


          I didn't bother looking at the rest of the "Rama" books as I thought the first one was not up to standard.
          It's Deja-vu all over again!

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            #15
            Originally posted by Marina View Post
            What's wrong with teaching young boys to play with their instruments?

            I wish I'd stuck at the piano when I was that age, but learning to fiddle would have been even better.

            Something tells me you've taught a few young men how to trombone
            The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

            But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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              #16
              Originally posted by KathyWoolfe View Post
              His "K" was delayed while they investigated him about his "proclivities". He finally got his "K" when he was exonerated.
              Didn't know that - if it's true I take it all back
              "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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                #17
                Originally posted by Jog On View Post
                Didn't know that - if it's true I take it all back
                Michael Jackson was 'innocent' too
                The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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