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Francine's Anti-Victorian Prose : /p>

With due respect to James Bowman's article, Ms. Prose misses a much larger point on the Victorians. The likes of the McGreevey affair would never have seen the light of day, trumpeted across the fruited plains like it has. Such events were whispered behind closed doors and were not topics for dinner conversation let alone news. And the few that did break out in the open it was time for a colonial post somewhere in the empire or lacking that option a one way dive into the Thames or Hudson. Consequently much of Ms. Prose commentary becomes moot.

p>But saying I am gay would never have been a defense for corruption. The Victorians thought better of themselves to stoop that low. br> -- John McGinnis br> Arlington, Texas /p> p> BOUNCEABLES br> Re: David Hogberg's Bush Bounce : /p>

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