Post #561006 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 10:39 PM

On 2010-10-21 19:52, martian-tiki wrote:
I also immediately thought it was a homosexual homicide before seeing the post just prior to mine - kind of like that murder committed by a saudi prince currently in the news.

Well, there have been several cases of artistically talented, well-to-do gays who had a weakness for low life hustlers who did them in, like film director Paolo Pasolini, and fashion designer Gianni Versace.

On 2010-10-21 19:03, jama wrote:
I was looking up Oscar Mapes Robinson and found your article. Oscar was the homosexual son of George and Echo Mapes Robinson. I knew George, I used to call him Uncle George although he was not a real uncle.

In case you sign on again here, Jama - I am wondering about two things, and you might not have any answers, since you knew the father, not the son, but:

Do you have any idea why Oscar's apartment was decorated Polynesian-style? ...and

Was Oscar really an artist, and if so, what was his art like?