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Defending MyselfChapter 9 I opened my mail to find among other things that Offenbach hadsent me including a document entitled THE QUEEN AGAINSTMICHAEL FREEMAN JOHN EDWARD CURREY SARA BHASKARANSIMON LINDSAY JAMES HONEY. I Ieafed through the document andlooked at "NFE Exhibit No." I laughed as it was illustrated with aclose-up picture of me during what the media had dubbed TheSiege of Wimbledon looking out of the Videx offices windowdressed in a black sweatshirt with Videx Videos emblazoned acrossthe front wagging my finger. "Hey Sara look at what Offenbach has just sent me. Simon,Lindsay obviously does not like his Christian name" I said. Sara giggled and looked at the picture of me. "You look great Mike,you are laughing and unafraid" she said. "I'm still laughing now" I replied taking a puff on my pipe andturning the page to discover a newspaper photo of Ted Malmanand Superintendent Kruger of the Porn Squad engaged inconversation surrounded by thousands of leaflets that I had thrownout of the window. In another photo I stared down at the two menwhile a woman reporter looked on. Then I came across a statementmade by "Simon Lindsay James HPoor Man "But what's wrong with that, it's just a beauty contest" Saraasked. "These are people who believe that the public have to beconditioned to believe that there is something inherently indecentabout the naked body; it's all about controlling people." I tried toexplain. "Look here when charged under the Obscene PublicationsAct and the Protection of Children Lindsay says" I would like to saythat I can see nothing at all offensive about the sequence includedin The Videx Video Show filmed at the Eureka Sun Club. It is merelya documentary type sequence showing families indulging in aperfectly innocent past time i.e. walking around with no clotheson." "Good boy Lindsay and they have taken the bait thinking thatthey are going to prove that the most innocent part of the VidexVideo Show is indecent and obscene" I said. If we get a jury