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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume. 34, Number 12. June 16, 1971

[Letter from Another head]

There are suggestions to abolish or forbid the existence of all National Clubs and to replace such clubs by one club only, such as the International Club. I would like to question the soundness of such a move.

It seems to me that the basic principle controlling and allowing for all campus activities is the freedom of any student to do what he likes so long as it does not restrict the freedom of other students to do what they like.

It seems to me also that the formation of all national clubs (Indonesian, Thai, Malaysian, Fijian etc etc) has been done willingly and consciously. Any doubt about this can easily be solved by asking the students concerned.

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Now therefore Sir, it further seems to me that to ask these students to disband and join the International Club is in direct contradiction to the 'free' principle outlined above.

Of course, this would not be so if all the students concerned are agreeable to disband. The present view seems they want to retain the status quo.

Therefore, may I suggest that the perpetrators of the one-world thing do some convassing instead of making arm-chair suggestions and trying their luck at moving motions at our A.G.M.s or S.G.M.s to achieve what they want although consensus has not be reached.

Nationalism or Internationalism? Enough has been written in the books. I would like to express one point, though, that is, in internationalism or one-worldism, all nations must be included and let there be no conditions or what have you?

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By all means, lets share and share alike.

Hee Kiang

I am a head. I like being a head. In fact I can't understand what I did with my time before I became a head. Nowdays I spend most of my time stoned; its the only way to live and I feel sorry for straights who don't turn on. They don't know what they're missing man.

Mind you, I don't think some people should turn on. Lushes for example ruin the scene when they turn on because they become noisy and very uncool. If you're a proper head you don't drink too much. Its just not where its at. When I am with my friends we get stoned or drop a trip and we sit around being very peaceful and philosophizing about universal concepts. I think I am a genius. I must be because I think such great thoughts. I tell people of my genius, in a subtle way of course, just in case they don't realise how lucky they are to be able to trip with me.

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Acid has made me realize that the world would be a lot better place if everyone dropped a trip. They they would realise that the things they think are important in life and get hung up about, such as work, getting a degree, job, neat chick etc are irrelevant. Capitalists would realise that just making money isn't what life is all about and pretty soon grass and acide would be legalised. I'm already getting prepared for that day. Through dealings I have managed to accumulate quite a lot of bread and I am going to set up a head shop where freaks can buy roachpins, pipes, pyschedelic lights and other such things. Anyway as I was saying, I dropped out of varsity. The whole scene became too much of a hassle after a while and I began to get stoned more and more often. Anyway, everyone knows that education only conditions you to think in the wrong way. If everyone could respond naturally to their senses instead of having them clogged up with artificial stimulii they'd be a lot happier. Happy people page break are always more loving and tolerant as well. That's another thing acid has taught me, tolerance.

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I am a very tolerant person. However, I prefer the company of other heads as straights disrupt my karmic peace by talking about things other than tripping, fuck! any head knows these are the only things worth talking about.

Yes, its a good life if you're a head. Time and other mundane hangups of this world just vanish away. After all, it is only 'all in the mind'.

Another head.