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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 39, Number 17, July 19, 1976.

Criticism of Women's Choice Club Donation

Criticism of Women's Choice Club Donation

Dear Sir,

This is a reply to Sue Aitchison-Windeler's reply (Salient 16, July 1976) to my objection over the donation of $50 for the furthering of the aims of the Woman's Choice Club (That sounds correct doesn't it Sue) Through the many words used, (424) including the usual drivel about guys and girlfriends, I did manage to ascertain that the $50 was going to be a donation from the $600 of Studass funds set aside for that purpose

I do recognise that SRC can recommend to the Exec how the $600 should be donated. But the word donation' as opposed to 'grant' implies the giving of money to some charitable cause or institution. About one third of the students present at the SRC meeting held on the 16th June do not see the Woman's Choice Club or Abortion Rally Committee as a charitable cause or institution

When it comes to the point, I would rather give $1000 to the "Piggy" Party than 50 cents to the Women's Choice Club, and the thought of giving one cent to "Piggy" makes me bring up. And I know it does the same to a great many other students.

Therefore, seeing that the issue over whether or not the $50 is being donated to a worthy cause (i.c. Women's Choice Club aims) is the cause of so much ideological strife, why not give the money to another cause of which I can name a hundred more needy, and to which no one in their right mind could object. For example; St John's Ambulance, Foundation for the Blind and Corso to a name a few.

Here we have a good example of the majority trampling over a minority group, which makes the pro abortionists just as guilty of the crime, which they claim is repressing them. Besides aren't students for the underdogs, or is that only when they aren't students.

Yours sincerely

Simon Romijn.

p.s. I love life, including Women's Choice Club life.