[lbo-talk] Confusion over harrassment

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Feb 22 08:11:21 PST 2004


<heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


>Wolf's actions in airing the allegations in the press are
>outrageous. Bloom has no redress for the smear on his character.

I don't know whether Wolf is telling the truth or not; it is odd to wait 20 years to make the accusation. But the specifics of her case aren't really relevant to the issue of sexual harassment in general, are they?


>It is easy to make up stories about people. I could easily say that
>on his visit to London Doug Henwood was boorish and stole five
>pounds from me. There would be no way of disproving the allegation.
>(Of course, he didn't - on the contrary he was very generous and
>charming.)

Why thank you James, I did relieve James of a few pounds, but only because he generously bought me dinner & drinks at that pioneering Shoreditch gastro-pub, Cantaloupe <http://www.london-eating.co.uk/50.htm>.

Doug



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