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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 12. June 4 1975

Giving up politics for Kiwi Piss

Giving up politics for Kiwi Piss

Dear Bruce (good year for them too).

Over the last few years, the incidence of "left-wing-ism" in SRC has grown to a point where one now talks of the incidence of "right-wing-ism". The Liberal Leftists so dominate the SRC that anything remotely conservative and/or right wing is immediately revolted against in a true manner, by the audacious libertines, the NCL, the Henderson Robertson (sic! -ED) - Ward clique, and anyone else who feels like an easy kill.

However things, I'm glad to say, are taking a more normal, natural and altogether Right turn. Right-wingers (on the principle that if you're not for something, you're against it, so anti-commies are right-wingers) are on the defence once more, since by definition we don't attack.

Such people as "glibb Gibb and Bright Wright" are daring to do the impossible, defy a force of 300 million Chinese peasants and Victoria students. On the principle (once more) that if you don't condemn Amerikan Capitalist Reactionary Imperialism, you support it, I would like to stale my support. But what can I support? I don't like Kissinger, he has a big nose, so America's out.

Oh but that means I support those liberal wankers, who think because they have a tee-shirt with Mao-Maos written on it they're qualified as self-confessed experts on anything. What about Britain in the death-throes of colonialism, No NZUSA has policy on that. And so it goes on; till the only politics I can support is New Zealand because we don't have any yet. So after profound reflection on the politics of the world, I decided to abandon politics and drink beer. I've been at the pub ever since.

Yours from the Royal Tiger,

John Grainer.

P.S., Gidday (Newcastle accent) Anyone who thinks Commies are all panzies can have a drink on me and Gerry Wall any time.