They Forgot the Bomb
I FIAUN 1 heafd a session of Opeaking For Ourselves for some time until I caught up with it again last Monday (our Very Own Wellington session, said the announcer proudly, by implication rejecting all substitutes) and I was pleased to find the local foursome running true to form on questions dealing with Women’s Intuition, Professorial Absentmindedness, the Ideal Family (544, the panel decided) and the Ideal Community. There is absolutely no difference between men and women, Professor Beaglehole majntained in regard to the first question, a statement which would have puzzled listeners tuning in just after the beginning the session. On the question of the Ideal Family the team was obviously reluctant to get into double figures, for fear of repercussions at home. Professorial absentmindedness is a by-product of concentration, and therefore laudable, it was decided. And (on the last topic) it is easier to get the best out of a small community, but possible to get a lot out of a large community. Such were the opinions of the panel, and they managed to handle their subjects with a delightful irresponsibility of method, though not, of course, of matter. It was something that they. so resolutely refused to allow the spectre of atomic war.to sit in on any question dealing
with families, communities, or progress. It just doesn’t enter their heads, bless "em.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 504, 18 February 1949, Page 8
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229They Forgot the Bomb New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 504, 18 February 1949, Page 8
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