MINORITY AND MAJORITY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1933, Page 6

MINORITY AND MAJORITY.

I can assure Mr. S. K. Hale that I have no intention of vieing with the "brilliant Junius," which I am 'certain neither of us could do. Mr. Hale admits that Sunday tennis and golf might be tolerated, but fears' that these innocent games might lead to dancing, horse racing, etc., on a Sunday. This, I think, is rather a stretch of the imagination. . I know an English Crown Colony where tennis, <*olf, bowls, etc., have been permitted for several years, but there is no indication of dancing, horse'racing, etc.,- being allowed. Of course, there was the usual howl from the minority When these innocent games were first suggested, but fortunately the majority were able to overrule the selfishness of the minority. Mr. Hale assures me that if-116 were left a legacy of £5000 it Would not worry him. There, are few people that it would worry, although it would mean "getting money for nothing." Mr. Hale states that the minority are made of "sterner stuff" than the majority. Was it this "sterner stuff" (now better known as "intolerance") that impelled the Puritans some 300 years ago, because they Objected to one of Shakespeare's plays being acted,, to eet fire to the theatre, thereby causing the death of some 200 people? JUNIUS JUN. •