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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 6. April 4 1977

Another Pro-Apartheid Supporter

Another Pro-Apartheid Supporter.

Dear Sir,

Hand like shape holding a pen writing on a paper pad

The idea of democracy, majority rule, one-man, one-vote sounds very appealing and even feasible. Indeed there are many pressure groups in our society who either out of infantile stupidity or communist-inspired self-interest would have us believe that majority rule is the panacaea for all our society's problems. However such triteness is more revealing of the gullibility of the perpetrators of such socialist drivel than of any meaningful solution to the problem.

One needs to appreciate that the white man's character is not a simple one. The white population is not a homogenous one. There is division and sub-division according to ancestral background. Thus one cannot speak of a white man, per se—for the population is a mixture of Irish Swiss, German, English. Scots, Norwegian, Welsh, each with their own sub-tribal groupings. Thus it becomes meaningless to speak of equality for the white man. One cannot expect such diverse peoples to suddenly co-exist peacefully when given self-rule after their long history of violence and dispute. Separate development is the only answer—any other proposal should be seen for what it is—communist propaganda.

Yours etc.,

Idi Vorster.