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To: Condor 63
Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol is a microcosm of the man. It contains an occasional gem when it manages to escape from the sordid muck of self-pity.

Wilde brought all of his troubles on himself. Not only was he queer, he reveled in it, wallowed in it, flashed it at cocktail parties from behind his greatcoat. Then he has the unmitigated gall to suggest that "society" is somehow wrong for being offended.

A brilliant man, perhaps, although I tend to agree that he was more gadfly than eagle. However, his tragic devotion to iconoclasm does give rise to some apothegmatic ideals that are worth considering.

11 posted on 01/06/2007 7:40:12 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: IronJack
Wilde brought all of his troubles on himself. Not only was he queer, he reveled in it, wallowed in it, flashed it at cocktail parties from behind his greatcoat. Then he has the unmitigated gall to suggest that "society" is somehow wrong for being offended.

Given that "offending" society meant being thrown in jail for two years of hard labor, he could have done a lot more than suggest.

14 posted on 01/06/2007 7:56:38 AM PST by SpringheelJack
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