Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 13. June 11 1979

Larceny in the Library

Larceny in the Library

Dear Sir,

Drawing of a dog

Unaccustomed as I am to serious letter writing, I would nevertheless like to take this opportunity to express my horror and distrust of the seamy individual who, without a thought for the malice of his action, sneaked $55 from the purse of an unknowing girl who innocently left it in her bag in the foyer of the library.

It is this kind of despicable creep, who, with no intellectual capacity, infiltrates the University as if it were some sort of clique for degenerates, and proceeds to bring students as a whole into disrepute. Remaining the entire year in an alcoholic stupor without the least attempt to engender a spark of intelligent comprehension into the dark recesses of his long-forgotten and probably dead brain, he supports his foul-mouthed excesses by stealing from his fellow students.

You may think that I am stereotyping or that there are sufficient warnings in the foyer not to leave valuables in bags, but I ask you — should this all be necessary? Look around you, at the average student who gets by on his bursary, survives ha workload, and sustains himself with a weekly read of his "Salient" - must we all tolerate the pretence of contemptible thieves who misrepresent themselves as students too? At the moment, the VUWSA is fighting for our right to a reasonable bursary so that we can survive our years at varsity and have a chance at moulding society into the shape that we think best fits humanity. Yet meanwhile we allow the continued growth of a grave social disease within our midst that threatens our credibility and defeats us before we start. This insidious criminal behaviour of certain morally and socially unscrupulous persons amongst us must stop!!

Yours in agitation,

A Concerned Contributor.

P.S. If I ever get my hands on the fucking cunt who did this vile deed, I'll gladly tear the sonuv-bitch arse from ear hole, rip his cock and balls off, ram them down his throat and put the boot into his intestines. So beware you goddam' shit-head out there lest I pound you into the dust whilst passing water on your grandmother.