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Salient. Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 41 No. 3. March 13 1978

A Chip on Whose Shoulder?

A Chip on Whose Shoulder?

Dear Editor,

I strongly disagree with your Editorial of March 8. It was one of the most unbalanced and unsubstantiated that I have ever read. It represents a most unbalanced policy by your newspaper.

Nobody has ever denyed women the right to have control over their own bodies but when they are pregnant they have an unborn child to be concerned about which should also have rights that should be considered. You continually deny the unborn child any rights.

To claim that the act is a deliberate attempt to have women at home bearing children is absolutely ridiculous, a statement that could barely be credited to an intelligent person. You have gone further to say that women at home are disorganised. What rubbish! From what evidence did you derive that statement, if a housewife were disorganised nothing would ever be done.

You claim the act is undemocratic, it was passed by a majority of our democratically elected representatives, how more democratic could you get than that. We have no written constitution for it to violate.

Indeed your editorial represents the type of policy your paper takes on political and social issues. Not only is it unbalanced but unethical. After having only read a few issues of Salient I can only conclude your writers have one massive chip on their shoulders

G. H—J

(Although it is quite proper to address general comments on the paper to me, I must point out that Lamorna Rogers wrote the March 6 editorial. While I endorse the views she expressed I feel it is unwise to confuse us. For one thing, she's taller than lam — Ed.)

(I believe that the comment about women at home being disorganised is meant to include only political interest group organisation, such as 'organised labour' and student organisations. Further I might add that Salient is open to participation by all students and if you feel you can write better than others, then share your wealth, c'mon down and join us. — typesetter)

(p.s. we don't bite — really)