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garinda · 04-09-2005, 13:12

Oscar Wilde was his own worst enemy. If he hadn't taken the bait and took the Marquis of Queensberry to court for leaving a note at his club, which was addressed to Oscar Wilde posing as a sodomite [sic], he would have been able to carry on with his life untouched and feted by a society that worshipped success. The same couldn't be said for the ordinary people who had a similar orientation but who were regularly gaoled, and before that hung for the same 'crime'.

Was the display made up of green carnations?

04-09-2005, 13:12	#4
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: The fashionable substitute for belief Oscar Wilde was his own worst enemy. If he hadn't taken the bait and took the Marquis of Queensberry to court for leaving a note at his club, which was addressed to Oscar Wilde posing as a sodomite [sic], he would have been able to carry on with his life untouched and feted by a society that worshipped success. The same couldn't be said for the ordinary people who had a similar orientation but who were regularly gaoled, and before that hung for the same 'crime'. Was the display made up of green carnations? __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.