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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 9. April 29, 1975

How Others Feel

How Others Feel

Yeah, [unclear: Giddav],

Well you've really done it this time. Here I was a disillusioned first year student who just happens to be having his lunch in the middle of an SRC meeting, when Hurricane Henderson, the man of a thousand words gets up and confirms my suspicions. I'm talking about the motion concerning congratulating the Khmer Rouge or whatever. Boy that was really democracy in action. We of the very silent majority were accused of not getting up and saving anything, but I noticed that when some did they were pretty well ridiculed by the old core of mediocrity.

Anyway, back 10 the point about this motion. It happened to slip out during proceedings that the idea to send congratulations had already been carried out before voted on or even bloody well discussed to assess popular opinion.

Now I'm not pro-American Imperialism but I don't bloody support anybody who goes around knocking off innocent people and I think its fucking morally disgraceful for any bastard to do so. Now some of the coons there got up and said that anybody who doesn't understand the situation, like we do, would be better off not voting. They said if we voted against congratulating murderers we would be supporting the other side. What a load of bullshit. If we abstained, isn't it more likely that such action is tantamount to having no views or being too timid to disagree with the loudest mouths". So for am of those idiots who are reading this, gel this point and make sure it sticks. You don't represent me and I am actually one of the few who listens to you. I see your policies as narrow-minded and the SRC meetings as platforms (or minority egotistic aspirations.

Ross Delaney.