TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS
Sir,—Do toys of violence create murderous behaviour? A boy, 11 years old, stole six sheath knives. Sent to a psychological clinic, he was given a sheath knife. The boy has now been convicted of stabbing his sister. ("Daily Mirror,” February 2, 1955.) "It is unquestionably true that government is begotten of aggression and by aggression” (Herbert Spencer). “It is impossible to give the soldier a good education without making him a deserter.” (H. D. Thoreau). The Rt. Hon. John Strachey, M.P. (War Minister. 1950-51), says: "War has always been a crime; today it is insanity . . . war has become
national suicide.” Captain Liddle Hart, greatest living authority on militarism and war. says: “Conscription is .the means by which dictators and military gangs shackle their people and bind them to their own aggressive purposes.” Degeneracy exists when 90 per cent, of English people in one district experience physical disorders. Will “Resident” prove that my political views are unbalanced, or even extreme?—Yours, etc..
JOHN BURBRIDGE. January 5, 1956.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27859, 6 January 1956, Page 3
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