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Salient. Victoria University Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 14. June 20, 1975

More Shit to Stir

More Shit to Stir

Dear Salient,

Moosehead

Much as I dislike dragging on this sort of correspondence, I feel obliged to reply to your tirade, in Salient June 12. You accuse me of being 'much less than honest' in outlining your reasons for rejecting my report. Might I suggest, that you are are equally dishonest, specifically in your distortion of the very tone and content of my report.

Your repeated reference to 'factual inaccuracies' in my report is poritively laughable when one considers the numerous 'factual innacuracies' inherent in your reply and the report that was subsequently published and for that matter, the numerous other articles published in Salient.

Just for laughs, might I quote you from one of your earlier replies to a letter in Salient:

'how does Brent Ellis know that I consign to the dustbin anything I feel doesn't come up to my personal standards? Have I ever stated that to be my policy? (Sic) In fact I have printed articles of quite varying standards in Salient this year because I believe that students should feel free to write what they like for Salient without fear of an editorial sledgehammer.'

I am again reminded of the old fable of 'Alice in Wonderland'...

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is, 'said Humpty Dumpty. 'which is to be master—that's all.'

Krishna Menon

(It is the usual ploy of a person unable to reply to criticism to reverse things and criticize his critic and thus avoid the issue at debate. Krishna Menon has failed to answer one single point of criticism that I made, If he thinks a decision not to publish lies, distortions and effective propaganda for the Malaysian High Commission is based on purely a personal [unclear: stand], he is wrong. I would hope that any person with an ounce of responsibility would have done the same as I did.—Ed.)