tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670812027273632828.post2229202354357572599..comments2023-11-02T06:50:42.777-07:00Comments on billierosie: THE PROFUMO AFFAIR: SEX, LIES and SPIES!billierosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288997506566830393noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670812027273632828.post-14059758595044147492012-07-27T12:11:01.503-07:002012-07-27T12:11:01.503-07:00No, I haven't read "The Truth At Last.&qu...No, I haven't read "The Truth At Last." One more book for my to-read list! How cool that you have a signed copy - it can only become more valuable over time. I can imagine an interesting (but gruesome) reference book on all the poor souls who committed suicide after being exposed as sexual "deviants" by the standards of the time. In the early 1980s there was a big scandal in the u. where I teach after a male student committed suicide, apparently because he had been introduced to homosexuality & BDSM by a male prof -- it sounded like the standard stuff of fantasy.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670812027273632828.post-38586855531087727502012-07-21T03:30:31.176-07:002012-07-21T03:30:31.176-07:00They were grey times indeed -- it is hard to belie...They were grey times indeed -- it is hard to believe these days that the scandal grew to the proportions that it did. The real victim in this was poor Stephen Ward -- to take his life over an incident that these days really would not be that important. I was 14 at the time and I remember reading of Stephen's suicide in the Daily Mirror. I recall I felt sad. His words haunted me; "I'm sorry to disappoint the vultures." Even at 14 I saw the hypocrisy -- or perhaps I overheard my parents talking about the case.<br /><br />Have you read Christine's biography "The Truth at Last"? I have a signed copy!billierosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00288997506566830393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670812027273632828.post-86441637003498713992012-07-20T23:17:09.430-07:002012-07-20T23:17:09.430-07:00I remember the news as well,and saw the movie. Hyp...I remember the news as well,and saw the movie. Hypocrisy indeed! As far as I know, there was no evidence that any government secrets were leaked to or by Christine or Mandy.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.com