Computer centre explosion
Sir,—A clump of lupins by the roadside radiates unsolicited colour and scent. In a
similar spontaneous way, little children playing by the sea, radiate natural joy and delight, giving unbridled pleasure to all who pass by. All of us. including the tragic Neil Roberts, have experienced the innocence and joy of childhood. What happens to dampen and finally extinguish that bright spark of infancy? What drags us down from the pinnacle of youthful exuberance to the pit of despair? Was Neil Roberts’s final horrendous act, a death scream of despair for the world that all of us have helped create, and of which he was yet another victim? Do not let us say, “Ah, but he destroyed himself!” Just as we, society, create our own monsters, so do we create and destroy, oiir own victims, be they “punks” or university honours graduates—Yours, etc., BILL FILSHIE. November 28, 1982.
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