Did anyone see the interview with one of his victims on Good Morning Britain this morning? Christ on a bike. The guy said, in a matter-of-fact sort of way that Smyth used to cane him on the arse a couple of hundred lashes once a week or so and he had to wear nappies because of the blood.
Speaking as someone who is in no way an authority on anything, I’d say this fails the ‘shits and giggles’ validity test for ‘casual’, and therefore similar posts should be discouraged in the future. That said, it’s all cool, I should just shut my yap, and it’ll only be a problem if we get inundated with requests for jobs from fleeing sceptics.
Plus, also, best of luck in your move. We have a small handful of absolute arseholes over here who are anti-queer but for the most part people don’t really mind what your sexual orientation is as long as you keep it off the top deck of a 91 bus between Kingsway and Crouch End.