Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 10. 1966.
Thurbage "Brilliant"
Thurbage "Brilliant"
Sir,—May I congratulate Thurbage on his quite brilliant demolition of what was a deplorable piece of journalism. When such butchery of prose appears in what is claimed a major newspaper it becomes increasingly clear that some sort of academic training is needed in New Zealand Journalism.
However, the article was unsigned and one wonders whether Thurbage is being a little presumptive when he attributes the trash to G. R. David. Though the article left me completely confused, I did not think it was true Davidese.
L. S. Knight.
[We understand, from an informal source, that the editorial was not in jact written by G. R. David. Your perception would seem to exceed Thurbage's in this respect, Mr. Knight.—Ed.]