Dane’s porn, warning

Press, 7 July 1977, Page 7

Dane’s porn, warning

PA Wellington j Pornography is the brain-! wave of maniacs and con-i tains mostly sick fantasies j with nothing to do with love,| only lust, says a visiting Danish anti - pornography, campaigner. He is Mr Svend Laursen. who said that he was so concerned about pornographic sex education and Marxistoriented State school text books in his own country that he had come to New Zealand to give warning about it happening here. New Zealand already had the "Little Red School Book” said Mr Laursen. whe is president of the Danish Society against the Indoctrination of Children and who was invited to New Zealand by the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards.

Mr Laursen said it was: while he was a town council! appointee on a local school; board that he first realised j what kind of literature was: being shown and read to! children from kindergarten' age up. In Danish State schools, it I was contained in lessons j ranging from Danish I language, religion, history, j civics, hygiene, and biology.! “These indoctrinations are’ turning children against their! parent-, and against society,”! he said. “I should be able to send! my children to a Government! school believing they are not! being taught against me and) what I stand for.” Mr Laursen said because' he was not satisfied with thej teaching in State schools, hei

enrolled his children in priv-l ate schools. Others were doing the same. Private schools had such: long waiting lists that some children would never get inJ More and more psycholo-i gists were having to be; employed in State schools be-1 cause the sex education being! !learnt from childhood was; 'confusing so many children! I that they did not know what! i was normal any more. There was no need for! I psychologists in private! !schools, where the emphasis: was not on sex. Mr Laursen said he did notl

■I believe sex crimes had de-1 •! dined because of a more lib-1 [era! attitude to sex literature i! and aids in Denmark. :! He said divorces had: .'rocketed recently, disproving! ■lthe claim that a more en-i q lightened attitude would' •Istabilise marriages. ' i ;l Mr Laursen said he beillieved that in the future a! ij communist-type government: :! would be able to take over! , easily when the children had! ■| been indoctrinated against! q their families and their for;:mer moral standards. < “Then they will ban everyJ thing.” he said.