Commenting on the conviction of Robert King, one of Britain's leading orchestra conductors, on 14 counts of sexually assaulting underage boys, the Daily Telegraph's Igor Toronyi-Lalic (who, incidentally, was once ignominiously disqualified from the elections to the presidency of the Oxford Union) had this to say:
Now, I know this may sound immoral – and despicable and depraved – and odious, but I really do wish justice had not been done – not least because I was about to book tickets for his New Year's Eve concert, dammit.
Above all, however, he provided me with some of the most intense musical experiences I've ever had and, for me – though obviously not the courts – these and his golden recordings have put him beyond reproach.
Well, there you go. He may be a predatory pederast who abuses a position of authority to ruin the lives of his victims, but he makes me me me happy, and that's all that matters.
0 comments:
Post a Comment