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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1936. Volume 7. Number 6.

Shot or Half-Shot?

Shot or Half-Shot?

Fixing Conscientious Objectors

The Debating Society has some-how circulated a syllabus and it seems as if this fact constituted the sole reason for Friday night's debate. The standard of debating was-well, shall we say-somniferous. Nobody seemed to have an argument. Most even forgot to argue. The subject itself, "That Conscientious Objectors should be shot," deserved Major Pharazyn's criticism as being too wide.

Mr. Perry Says Yes.

Mr. Perry opened for the affirmative by painting a mournful and morbidly sentimental spectacle of a nation during wartime with C.O.'s rife and spreading general starvation (a la Ghandi and other wise). Yes, he was definitely in favour of the painless elimination of the species. Mr. Currie seconding the motion, spoke in a strained voice of emaciated C.O.'s being carried through the streets of New Zealand impaled on bayonet points suffering "lingering agonies."

Mr. Tahiwi Says No.

Mr. Tahiwi, for the negative, then inflicted another heart-rending picture upon us, one of babies being torn from cradles and slaughtered to the accompaniment of loud laughter from munition kings.

Miss Souter, seconding Mr. Tahiwi harkedback to the good old days when we flitted through tree-tops (cheers) casting coconuts at next-door neighbours in the most approved simian fashion. Surely we aren't still the same? Haven't we abandoned war along with our talls?