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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 26. October 3 1977

The Voice of the new right

The Voice of the new right

Dear Sir,

I believe I represent the great majority of students but unlike them I have decided to waste some time to express a few truths about the state of student politics. Unfortunately it is a great nasty vocal minority of namby pambies who get publicity around this University. They are usually members of horrible trendy-lefty groups, extremist lesbian feminists and other naive socialista and socialogists.

It is indeed a great misfortune that this very newspaper had been infoltrated by such misguided and [unclear: n aively] idealistic students.

On page 1 of Salient last week there was an article about Hunter. What a waste of time. We don't want to save Hunter and furthermore we don't! You know as well as everybody it will be pulled down and good riddence to it I say. I'd like a nice new skyscraper on the site anyway—I'm sure many other students feel the same way.

Turning the page I come across what may only be described as out and out wanking. Don't get me wrong. I'm not referring to the reporting on SRC last week but rather the views expressed there. I mean whats all this garbage about trying to stop the passing of the SIS Bill. I along with many students and good NZ citizens feel this is an excellent piece of legislation. Nothing these nasty namby pambies and trendy lefties say in SRC is going to make any difference at all. Of course the Bill will go through and so it should. As for the despicible character who has found it necessary to spray his perverted protests on the various buildings around the campus I fee) he should be biched. When I get into power it will be one of my policies to see that such vandalism attracts the strongest punitive measures.

So they held a mass rally for Women's Sufferage Day last week! All of approximately 100 people turned up—a great mass rally. I mean what the hell were they trying to acheive I know exactly what they achieved—Absolutely nothing. Oh yes. I'm sure a few feminists have gone home feeling warm Inside doing their thing for the cause they believe. Dont they understand they are Just wasting their time if they have such energy and desire to help society how about working to ensure that Rob Muldoon's government gets into power at the next election. Not that he needs our help but I feel sure that a little bit of effort on their part to see what Robert is really saying will go a long way to open their eyes to the real political reality of this country.

Democracy threatened—what a Joke. We don't have a democracy in this country and god help us if we ever do. What we need is a benevolent dictatorship. The first fundamental fact about any political reality is that most people don't know what's good for them. There are a few of us that do. We are presently working to acheive BCAs, LLBs and other 'useful' degrees in order that we may put out policies into effect.

Finally, I have the greatest confidence in fact I know that my views and opinions will represent the political reality of this country when I'm forty. In order to appreciate the true reality of politics all one needs to do is to look at human nature. I personally have the greatest faith in mankind, he has survived thousands of years already and I'm sure he will continue to survive in some form or other.

Yours faithfully,

J. Shelton

(Hear, hear—well spoken Bruce!—Ed.)