18 January 1967
By Eleanor Coulter
There is no fear, no guessing and no rhythm when it is mechanized, argued Dick Poole (II Trinity) in the Hart House debates yesterday. Speaking on the resolution, IBM means It’s Better Mechanized, he said: “Everyone can get his fill, if the girl will take the pill.”
Speaking for the opposition, Glenn Reid (II Trinity) said: “You raised the issue of the pill; the pill was designed not to raise any issues.”
He said humans are in a race with their own technology, with the odds on the computers. Mechanization will destroy men or turn them into servants.
“Are we trying to impose the iron hand on youth?” he asked.
Supporting the resolution, Barney Bomers (IV SMC) argued that “three out of four women in the Arbor Room before two o’clock agreed that it’s better mechanized.”
Referring to a previous debate that decided freshman need it badly, Bomers said that they certainly need it mechanized. In rebuttal, John Douglas (I Innis) charged that mechanization takes the human element out of jobs and that man cannot depend on computers to be foolproof.
Oh, little did they realize that what was really needed badly (and mechanized if possible) was a cold shower.
