I was put in mind of this today...

[maleghasty]

...so I thought that I would share it ->

Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 from The University of the Arts (Phl) on Vimeo.

I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did. :-)

Comments

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

I'd heard that his denial was a bit fudged and didn't sound convincing. Not heard it myself, just what other have said.

[maleghast.livejournal.com]

I agree, knowing definitively is probably unlikely. He had the balls (or front, you decide) to publicly disavow his involvement, that's good enough for me.

I have no agenda to persuade other people that it should be good enough for them and completely respect your decision to remain sceptical :-)

[maleghast.livejournal.com]

I think it was fudged, in that he didn't want to drag his family into the discussion, nor openly criticise them for their beliefs. I didn't say he'd taken a truly principled stand against what I agree is a deeply sinister organisation, just that he had personally stated that __he__ was not involved.

Frankly it might have been an outright lie, but (see above on your other comment), I love his work, I love the work of his current wife and (thin though it may be) I am going to cling to whatever I can to persuade myself that he's not "in" the Clam Cult any more, because I want to believe that he's "out".

I'm really not trying to persuade anyone else, I promise.