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> However, there is no evidence that Clark was one of them […] Edit: since this is being downvoted to -5 […] at least give a reason why you believe that it is n

> However, there is no evidence that Clark was one of them […] Edit: since this is being downvoted to -5 […] at least give a reason why you believe that it is not worth pointing out. How is this not posthumous slander? If there is evidence of wrongdoing, than present that evidence. Unless I am misreading your comment, you are saying that because Arthur C. Clark was a wealthy European, and that he moved to Sri Lanka where child prostitution occurred at higher than average rates, and nothing more than just these two facts, we should suspect him of wrongdoing? How does that kind of reasoning not turn any European male with money living in an exotic location into a suspected paedophile?

linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> How does that kind of reasoning not turn any European male with money living in an exotic location into a suspected paedophile? If said "exotic" location was not listed as a place most preferred by paedophiles, then yes, your reasoning would be correct. I don't think "higher than average rates" reflects the reality of the situation. Also, there's more than just those two facts. Eg: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-spiked-paedophilia-scoop-on-arthur-c-clarke-for-fear-of-murdoch-7920816.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-sp... In Hack, an account of his nerve-shredding days as a reporter on the News of the World and then the Sunday Mirror, Graham Johnson claims that although the NOTW prided itself on outing pederasts, editors made an exception for Mr Clarke because he was a friend of Rupert Murdoch.
- Freak_NL 10y ago
  > Also, there's more than just those two facts. Eg: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-sp[…] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-sp... That's at least something; you showed no sources at all in your earlier comment (edited now with the link you posted above). Still not much to go on considering the rather shifty reputation of the now-defunct News of the World (i.e., gutter press).
- Freak_NL 10y ago
  Also, in that same article you linked where the former News of the World reporter Graham Johnson recounts his suspicions, Phil Hall, the former editor denies being coerced by Murdoch into not publishing the story: > I can vaguely remember that story. I do remember that Roger Insall worked on it and I remember it was not published. My only recollection is that the only reason we wouldn't publish it was because of legal reasons. He said Mr Murdoch never asked him to spike stories. News International, publisher of the NOTW, made no comment. This does not really lend credibility to the rumours bandied about by a tabloid hack.
dragonwriter 10y ago
> How is this not posthumous slander? Well, mostly because it's libel, not slander.

linuxkerneldev 10y ago

> How does that kind of reasoning not turn any European male with money living in an exotic location into a suspected paedophile? If said "exotic" location was not listed as a place most preferred by paedophiles, then yes, your reasoning would be correct. I don't think "higher than average rates" reflects the reality of the situation. Also, there's more than just those two facts. Eg: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-spiked-paedophilia-scoop-on-arthur-c-clarke-for-fear-of-murdoch-7920816.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-sp... In Hack, an account of his nerve-shredding days as a reporter on the News of the World and then the Sunday Mirror, Graham Johnson claims that although the NOTW prided itself on outing pederasts, editors made an exception for Mr Clarke because he was a friend of Rupert Murdoch.

Freak_NL 10y ago
> Also, there's more than just those two facts. Eg: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-sp[…] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-editor-sp... That's at least something; you showed no sources at all in your earlier comment (edited now with the link you posted above). Still not much to go on considering the rather shifty reputation of the now-defunct News of the World (i.e., gutter press).
Freak_NL 10y ago
Also, in that same article you linked where the former News of the World reporter Graham Johnson recounts his suspicions, Phil Hall, the former editor denies being coerced by Murdoch into not publishing the story: > I can vaguely remember that story. I do remember that Roger Insall worked on it and I remember it was not published. My only recollection is that the only reason we wouldn't publish it was because of legal reasons. He said Mr Murdoch never asked him to spike stories. News International, publisher of the NOTW, made no comment. This does not really lend credibility to the rumours bandied about by a tabloid hack.

dragonwriter 10y ago

> How is this not posthumous slander? Well, mostly because it's libel, not slander.