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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 8. 1965.

Forum

Forum

Mr. Boshier, who is now widely known on campus for his boisterous, violent and [unclear: some times] bitter orations, has demonstrated another side to his character. At Forum a week ago, and at the AGM last [unclear: y]Wednesday he showed that he is prepared, on occasions, to be as constructive as he is critical. It is much harder to be constructive than critical, yet Mr. Boshier has managed well.

Which brings to mind Mr. John McKinlay. He knows too that it is easy to be destructive. So he tried it at Forum last Thursday. And he demonstrated conclusively (although unintentionally) that whereas Boshier is master of both arts. McKinlay is master of neither.

Boshier clearly did not enjoy listening to McKinlay. "Politics," said Boshier afterwards, "sometimes gets like this." He sounded sad—G.E.J.L.