FORMERLY, prime ministers and prominent clerics claimed to have befriended street girls in order to save them from sin. But only after they'd been rumbled.
Now, famous personalities claim to have viewed child pornography purely in the interests of research and curiosity. But only after they've been exposed.
Soon, local councillors will be observing lap dancing for licensing reasons (LET, February 1). Announcing this in advance makes it OK, I suppose.
Let's hope they remember to claim their expenses for undertaking this onerous duty.
KEITH ELLEL, Westwood Avenue, Rishton.
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