When I was a young boy, I saw a film clip on the television about the Nazi persecution of Jews. Viennese Jews were being publicly humiliated by being made to scrub the street with an audience of jeering people, which included children laughing at them. It was the gleeful participation of the children, that I …

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Gay? So what? Today, I read on Twitter about someone who shouted “disgusting” at a gay male couple, who were walking along holding hands. I believe it was in an area in London that gay people often frequent. I read it with an equal measure of amusement and annoyance, because with the advancement of time, …

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