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Salient. An organ of student opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 23. No. 7. Monday, August 8, 1960.

Lusty Plea For Free Lust

Lusty Plea For Free Lust

" … Sex is always the most important thingsalways— always!"—Charcot ("A 1000 Years' Psychology").

"Free Love should replace marriage." This was the motion debated on Friday, July 15 in the Little Theatre. Somehow a other the issue became confused with free love which, said Mr Hamlin (a married man), is "a different thing altogether;" Nevertheless, whichever way you take it—free love or free lust—Victoria University students seem to prefer marriage. Anyway, that's how the students at the debate voted on the motion.

Hamlin—"A different thing altogether."

Hamlin—"A different thing altogether."

The sex-love is inherent in man. Biologically, therefore, there is no reason why man should not use it. Furthermore, free love is desirable in that it is Christian, as history and the Bible show. Indeed, according to Mr Tamasese, "man likes to have it that way."

5,000,000 Times A Year,

A second free-love advocate was Mr Roberts. He came up with some alarming statistics. We should have free love, he said, because "everyone is having it anyway." By some ingenious formula he concluded that New Zealanders sin some 5,000,000 times per annum outside the married. He then quoted the divorce rate for 1957 proving, he said, that marriage was undesirable. "It would appear," he continued, "that the people (practising free love) exceed in numbers those playing rugby football. Furthermore, the sport is multiracial!"

Finally, the affffirmative submitted that marriage is just a farce. In fact, a legal fiction. Surely this moral-humbug ought to be removed. For the sake of consistency it is obvious that free love must replace marriage.

Islanders Want Free Love!

Some Pacific Island students criticised our present-day society. Remove marriage, then all our illegitimate children will be equal. Mr Butler, a Kiwi, thought their ideas were typically Pacific and therefore primitive.

The Cry For Marriage

According to Mr Hamlin those people who promote free love are endangering world peace. Those individuals seeking free lust ail wrecking the family; they are destroying that vital unit—the home; they hence destroy society. Eventually the world also will be devastated and "we will be left with a lot of exhausted men." Mr Hamlin heatedly charged the opposition of entertaining shameful Freudian principles and concepts. "Only man has been considered, what about women?"

Man's Survival At Stake.

Mr Maxwell (floor speaker) in true political fashion alleged that Mr Tamasese and his satellites were undermining Western democracy. Mr Monad said "without marriage we'll just die out." Mr McQuill reinforced the pro-marriage argument by pointing out that marriage did not offer sexual gratification alone. It also means security, love (in the true sense of the word), companionship and lots of other things. Mr Hall reminded the audience of the evil consequences of indiscriminate love affairs—morons and criminals.

Dr B. D. Inglis, of the Law Faculty, acted as adjudicator. Placings were: Tamasese, Barrington, Maxwell, O'Brien, Hamlin and Roberts.

Aid to Victims of Apartheid

A hundred pounds is being sent from New Zealand to a fund that has been set up to help the relatives and dependants of victims of apartheid in South Africa. This was announced recently by Professor K. M. Buchanan, Chairman of the South Africa Aid Fund, and the Rev. R. Thornley, a Trustee. None of the money that has been donated has been spent to promote the Fund—these expenses have been met from the pockets of the local committee.

"The money is transmitted to South Africa through a fund in London under the control of Christian Action," said Professor Buchanan. "These folk have been collecting money for some time to help relieve distress in South Africa. We have Just received word from Canon L. J. Collins (Treasurer of Christian Action and Precentor of St. Pauls) that £9500 has been sent within the past month, and more is urgently needed."

Professor Buchanan expressed the hope that further donations would enable the Committee to follow this first remittance with an even larger one. Cheques should be made out to South Africa Aid Fund and sent to Box 5003. Wellington. The Fund has some small posters that it will be glad to send out on request.