Arthur C Clarke has died.....

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no iam zippi

look at the time for a start cod will be asleep

Right well have one for me then Zippy.. bottoms up, I'm off to bed!

And g'nite to you Princess, you controversial old battleaxe

lol pph

oh i namechange

but unless i am bei ng secret i dont hoide it

my hand is all curling up into itsdlef with sort of balck sput coming out

yeah pph, what do they all think he was doing there, eating spicy food?
just because one is a legal type doesn't mean one isnt entitled to be bigotted and opinionated and mouthy when "off duty" (well that's my excuse)

rb, what the feck are you on about?

basicaslly that i was muddling asimov and ac clarke

but clearly not a great majority of mners know either lol

just ordered his mysterious worls dvd.

shame these allegations above have to be mentioned on the day he died though.

world d'oh

Southeastastra - I quite agree. The fact was he was cleared of any wrong doing.
He moved out to Sri Lanka because he already had friends out there. He was also a very keen scuba diver, so the move out there afforded him the opportunity to dive all year round.

Not so he can perv over small boys as PPH insuinuated.

ha ha ha
an 80 year old scuba diver
oh yes that was the reason

fgs

My great uncle emigrated many years ago to Thailand. I suppose the only reason he moved over there was to perv over little boys then?
Not because he just liked the lifestyle and had enough of crap Irish weather?
Do you always think the worst of people? Yes there are some pretty nasty people out there, Gary Glitter is a prime example but don't tar all emigrates with the same brush - especially when these allegations came from some Sunday rag.

I had no idea about his predilictions.

He didnt cover them in his books you see.

So, no need to apologise. Say what you like

As I said before PPH - do you actually know someone he abused - if not and you are talking about rumours then shame on you

Ah, now the press are talking about it a bit more this is the Times today

quote "Clarke had allegedly told a newspaper reporter that he did not know how old his sexual partners had been, but that ?most of them had reached puberty?. Asked whether it was morally wrong, it is claimed that he replied: ?No. I mean, it depends on the country. You can?t have absolute morality.?

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Oh, the wiki quote had me thinking maybe I was wrong about my 'good riddance' thoughts when I heard about this.

But apparently his conscience was clear.

Oh no, and seems like only yesterday that

PrincessPeaHead - That was a very pea-headed comment.

You obviously haven't read his books and are completely ignorant of his enormous contributions, not only to literature, but science.

The cell phone you use and the satellite TV you watch are all there for your enjoyment thanks to Arthur C. Clarke.

Show a little respect.

I never heard about those accusations pph. As far as I knew he was there for his health - he had a lung condition.

I loved Rendevous with Rama. Everything that I love about sf bound up in that book.

that all anybody has to talk about is paedophilia allegations.

i'm with pph
good riddance to the old child abuser

it appeared very common knowledge in sri lanka tbh