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Sir: Mr Harold Falconer strikes a long overdue blow against the evils of our permissive society (Letters, 26 January). He also reminds us that even in these supposedly enlightened times certain sub- jects remain unmentionable. There seems little doubt that you were wrong to have published an advertisement which might in any way have been thought to condone an indecent practice.
I bought the book, and now regret bitterly an after-dinner conversation with other men who had read it, when quite shamelessly, and with schoolboy lack of inhibition, we howled with merriment at the effect of le pc'ioninne's act on his Moulin Rouge audience, and about other scenes in the book. We did not appreciate how unspeakable was our conduct.
Mr Falconer mentions two classes of Englishmen who would certainly not be amused by this sort of thing—gentlemen and working men. Sadly, I must disillusion him. All of us present that evening would regard ourselves as of the former class in our attitudes to our fellow men. Our various occu- pations in support of our families certainly give us a place in the latter class also.
We were greatly amused.
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