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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 22, No. 10. September 14, 1959

Alternative?

Alternative?

What is the alternative? At present an offender may or may not get adequate psychiatric treatment. But anyway, he will be sent to prison where he will mix with more of his unfortunate friends.

The criminality seems to lie in that he is different, but then so is the celibate priest and he is lauded (though how the celibacy can be considered a natural state except arbitrarily is a moot question).

What is even more ludicrous is that the Lesbian, "the female" counterpart, by law does not exist and therefore presumably escapes hanging.

The homosexual who encourages others into the life, assaults young children and generally upsets the liberty of the individual is no less a blot than the rapist.

But the maladjusted who keeps to himself and his own kind isn't doing harm to anybody except himself and surely that's his business.

Polemic.