Letter: In Brief

Wednesday 04 August 1999 00:02 BST

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Sir: Hillary Clinton explains her husband's sordid philanderings as "bimbo eruptions" caused by abuse he suffered at the age of four. Ron Davies claims his adventures on Clapham Common were "risk-seeking impulses" brought about by a violent father. This Oprah Winfreyesque gibberish speaks volumes about the cult of the victim at the heart of our increasingly infantilised culture. All this moral buck-passing almost makes one nostalgic for the church.

STEVEN GARSIDE

Manchester

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