Judith Proctor said-
I started writing a long post and then decided that the only person who could speak for Gareth Thomas was Gareth himself.
This is what he said - "I'm very sad that somebody should be citing me who is so obviously unaware. I will not be quoted as a 'fandom wedge' when the BBC and the press are trying hard enough to split us all apart anyway. Please listen before you quote, and never quote out of context."
ie. (this is roughly paraphrasing what he said in explanation of the above) He will not be used in any way in fan disagreements. He will not take sides in any dispute between myself, Diane or anyone else. He does not want to be seen as taking sides in any debate regarding slash or any other issue and does not want anyone to make any assumptions at all regarding his views on anything.
I can't speak for the rest of you, but I think ringing up Gareth Thomas and asking him what he thinks of Gay porn ect. featuring himself,is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. What did you expect him to say, "Yes I love it. The harder the better!" How would Judith Proctor like it is I produced a fanzine which had explicit drawings of her and Steve Rogerson? Diane Gies may be raving mad, but look at the people she's up against. It's enough to send anyone to the funny farm.
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In message F235AExgTVxPTi68KtB00000d06@hotmail.com, Julie Oppenheimer salma_106@hotmail.com writes
I can't speak for the rest of you, but I think ringing up Gareth Thomas and asking him what he thinks of Gay porn ect. featuring himself,is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. What did you expect him to say, "Yes I love it. The harder the better!" How would Judith Proctor like it is I produced a fanzine which had explicit drawings of her and Steve Rogerson? Diane Gies may be raving mad, but look at the people she's up against. It's enough to send anyone to the funny farm.
'Scuse me, the reason I phoned Gareth is because people were making assumptions about his views which I had good reason to believe were incorrect. ie. I did *not* expect him to agree with my own views, but he's a friend and I did for him what I would do for any other friend who isn't on the Lyst, namely asked him if he wanted to say anything with regard to what I felt was a probable misquote of his views.
Gareth and I have known one another for a long time. I gave him an open invitation to drop in on any of the slash panels at Redemption if he wished to make his feelings known on any topic, or if he simply wished to try and understand the mindset of slash fans. In fact he did appear in one - again, someone had made a statement of what they felt Gareth's opinions were and Julia (with the agreement of the panel and the audience) invited him up from the bar to give his own view on the topic which he did.
Gareth doesn't like people making assumptions about his opinions, never has done. One of the reasons he dislikes newspapers is because they so often misquote him.
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