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SIR,—Mr. Browning will doubtless derive no small satisfaction from my

inability to suggest a way of changing an unnatural perversion into a natural one : the semantic aspect alone would defeat me! But does this automatically mean that homosexual offences warrant prosecution and possible imprisonment? 1 think not; but if Mr. Browning feels that all per- versions, whether of a homo- or heterosexual nature, among consenting adults should be dealt

with under the criminal law, then I concede that he is taking a firm moral—and consistent—stand. If. on the other hand, he is concerned only with male homosexuality. I suggest that he is emotionally biased.

Finally, I should to deny any studious avoidance of the vvo-..! pervert' • the term is a generalisation which refers to anyone who.;e sexual instincts deviate fro n the norm. whereas the subject under discussion was specifically male hoMosexuality.

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