Recently I noticed something in
your paper of such importance that
it amazed me when nobody paid
the least bit of attention to it. I
refer to the story on page 4 on the
March 12th Cavalier Daily, entitled
"Cambodians Hit Viet Embassies."
Specifically the paragraph which, in
discussing Prince Sihanook's return
to his capital, states
"The next flight bound for
Phnom Penh from Paris leaves next
week, but if he flew via Prague, he
could arrive sooner. If he sprouted
wings, the possibilities are virtually
limitless. However, aides to the
Prince were doubtful about the
likelihood of such an occurrence."
Don't you see! Don't you see!
The revolution is here! Some poor
copy writer who had been punching
out stories about man's idiocy for
years finally cracked. He had
reached his Critical Crisis Mass.
With the blush of liberation on his
cheeks and a smile on his lips, he
began to wield the one weapon no
government can counter, they cannot
stand to be laughed at!
Somewhere deep in the bowels of
U.P.I., our savior waits, hands
poised over key board, ready to jar
us once again into realizing how
absurd our condition is.
I wish him success. I wish that
the Thoughts of Chairman Mao
outsells "MAD." I hope to see
Spiro Agnew confronted not with
screaming demonstrators, but thousands
of hysterical silent majorities.
I hope to see Nixon get higher
Neilsen ratings than "Laugh-In,"
that soldiers all over the world
throw down their weapons and
walk away, quietly chuckling, and
shaking their heads in disgust.
Until that day we can all do our
part. The next time somebody tells
you that you must make a sacrifice
"for the good of the state," any
state, laugh at him. He won't know
what to do.
Preston T. Syme
Free Union, Virginia
