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Date Posted: 06:14:55 04/16/01 Mon
Author: Wishmaster
Subject: Re: The Cruelty of Crowds
In reply to: Flying Colors 's message, "Re: The Cruelty of Crowds" on 20:34:52 04/15/01 Sun

The poem is not about me, it is referring to the intense homophobia that was prevalent during the 60's and 70's.

My point of reference was a man named Quentin Crisp who suffered terribly at the hands of ignorant mobs who beat him constantly and eventually forced him to leave the UK for a new life in the US, all because of his sexuality.
His life was dramatised in a film called 'The Naked Civil Servant"

I'm not saying that I'm gay, but it is the cruelty of the mob culture that I was attempting to expose here.

More information on Quentin Crisp can be found on QuentinCrips.com

Thanks for commenting.
Chris.

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