THE JOHN GORDON SOCIETY
SIR,—The foundation of the John Gordon Society strikes a welcome blow for purity in our national life. But why, in this respect, allow all the credit to Mr. Gordon? I should like to suggest to Mr. Greene that the activities of the society be extended to embrace other Crusaders who are 'fighting just as valiantly, and indeed in a more. executive capacity, for this uplifting cause. I have in mind, in par- ticular, the Councillors of the Borough of Paddington. in which I have the privilege to live. Surely the greatest of all the social evils of our time is the unfortunate attraction of human beings for one another. The Coun- cillors of Paddington have found a way to eliminate this evil. They are installing. throughout their borough, a form of street- lighting named sodium, which eliminates colour, transforms human beings into the guise of corpses, hence happily relieves them of all temptation to look at each other. Thus, by the prevention of new attractions and the elimination of old ones, the habit of love is being slowly but surely stamped out. The completion of the process is likely to be delayed only by the Chancellor's unforeseen and in this respect short-sighted restrictions on municipal expenditure.
Such, Sir, are the blessings of modern science, when handled by men of high ideals. The Councillors, however, will do well to remember that every new cure carries the risk of a new disease. In this case the evident danger is that of the growth of necrophily, an impulse from which the people of Britain have hitherto been relatively free. It is surely in tackling just such problems as these that the John Gordon Society can play a constructive and useful part, in close co-operation with local authorities throughout the country.—Yours faithfully,
Previous page
