St. George And The Dragon
Sir, —Dr. Mazengarb’s article drawing a parallel between St. George’s fight with the dragon and the conflict between West and East is calculated to provoke unthinking hatred of communism. It is an apologia for a third world war. But are we so saintly. and do the 800 million Communists really “spit fire and emit a poisonous breath?” I think Dr. Mazengarb’s gross over-simplifi-cation of our century’s dilemma a complete distortion of reality. By monopolising saintliness and dehumanising his adversary Dr Mazengarb commits the worst error of the creed he abhors. I refuse to join the gentleman’s shoulder-swinging crusade against 800 million strangers, eaich as fallible, but as potentially good, as ourselves.—Yours, etc., A. S. MENCE. April 20, 1957.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28259, 23 April 1957, Page 3
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