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PROFESSOR Butler
D. Shaffer teaches at
Southwestern
University School of
Law, LA, California.
For the past two years
he has been presenting
his students with a
much-needed voting
exercise, one that
ought to be performed
in every campus across
our nations.

These days, students do
their share to undermine
intellectual and other free-
doms. Students — especially
those on the left, who are
the cloned majority — like
to think of themselves as
gritty revolutionaries. With
their fealty to politically cor-
rect repressive speech codes,

and campus-based, Kenneth
Srarr-like inquisitions, our
youngsters promote rather
than quell institutionalized
violesice.

On the first day of class,
and without any introducto-
ry ado, Prof. Shaffer pro-
ceeds to hand each of his

students the following bal-
lot. It reads: “It’s time to
elect the leader of a great
nation, and you have been
presented with the following
candidates:

Candidate “A”: A well
known critic of government,
this man has been involved
in tax protest movements,
and has openly advocated
secession, armed rebellion
against the existing national
government, and even the
overthrow of that govern-
ment. He is a known mem-
ber of a militia group that
was involved in a shootout
with law enforcement

*. authorities. He opposes the
gun control efforts of the
present government as well
as the restrictions it imposes
on Gpen immigration into
this country. Re is a busi-
nessman who has earned his

“fortune from such businesses

as alcohol, tobacco, retailing

and smuggling.
“Candidate “ te “B”: A deco-

; rated army war veteran, this
man is an avowed nonsmok-
er and dedicated public
health advocate. His public

. health interests include the
fostering of medical research

fair
comment

and his dedication to climi-
nating cancer. He opposes
the use of animals in con-
ducting such research. He
has supported restrictions on
the use of asbestos, pesti-
cides, and radiation, and
favours government deter-
mined occupational health
and safety standards, as well
as the promotion of such
foods as whole-grain bread
and soybeans. He is an
advocate of government
gun-control measures. An
ardent opponent of tobacco,
he has supported increased
restrictions on both the use
of and advertising of tobac-
co products. Such advertis-
ing restrictions include: (1)
not allowing tobacco use to
be portrayed as harmless or
a sign of masculinity; (2)
not allowing such advertis-
ing to be directed at
women; (3) not drawing
attention to the low nicotine
content of tobacco products;
and (4) limitations as to
where such advertisements
may be made. This man isa
champion of environmental
and conservationist pro-
grams, and believes in the
importance of sending
troops into foreign countries
in order to maintain order
therein.

After introducing the
candidates, Prof. Shaffer asks
the students to select the

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candidate for whom they
would vote. For two years in
a row, members of four
classes gave Candidate “A”
47 votes. Candidate “B” got
a whopping I41 votes. Put
proportionally: Candidate
“B" received 75 per cent of
the student-vore, while can-
didate “A” got 25 per cent
of their ballots.

After collecting the bal-
lots, our professor informs
the students that Candidate
“A” is a composite of the
American Founding Fathers,
among whom were Thomas
Jefferson, George
Washington, Sam Adams,
John Hancock, and Patrick
Henry.

Candidate “B” is Adolph
Hitler.

There is an interesting
postscript to one of these
classes.

nile delivering a lecture
in constitutional law,
Professor Shaffer was
expounding on the
Schechter case, where the
Supreme Court struck down
the New Deal's National
Industrial Recovery Act.
The New Deal was President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan
to replace traditional
American laissez faire with a
goverament-regulated econ-
omy, inspired to a large
degree by the socialist coun-
tries of Soviet Russia and
Nazi Germany (yes, both
were principally socialist,
only Hitler demoted his
entrepreneurs, while Stalin
liquidated them).

Roosevelt had unconsti-
tutionally arrogated to him-
self the unfettered right to
enact laws for governing
trade and industry through-
out the country. Like his
contemporaries in govern-

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ments, Roosevelt deployed
codes for “fair competition”
to seize the property of citi-
zens, often bankrupting
them.

Prof. Shaffer further tells
the students how popular
state collectivism was
throughout the world:
Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini,
Franco and Roosevelt being
the better-known examples,
and how — hush, hush —
Hitler and Mussolini had
been revered by renowned
people the world over,
including Ghandi and
Churchill.

At this point, one of the
students pipes up: “I don't

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see how vou can say that,”

he intones, “How could a
man like Adolph Hitler have
been popular with so many
people?”

“You tell me,” Professer
Shatter responded, feaning
over the podium for impact.
“Just two weeks ago 75 per
cent of you in this class

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voted for bim.”

The lecture hall grows
dead silent as the professor
pauses to lee the point sink
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