Re: The 60s & 70s <WOB>

[Ernie <expense@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Badgies,

As a confirmed lurker here, I enjoy the friendly banter amongst
'regular' posters here, and usually find the various Zep threads
interesting and informative.

Now, I gotta put in my 2 cents.  :)

Rick Key wrote:
>
>> It is too easy to pass judgement with 20/20 hindsight and in a lot
>> of ways I think the 60s & 70s
>> were much more positive than the 80s and 90s.
>

and Rob O'Reilly responded by saying this:

>And what ways are these?  The 1960's and 1970's gave us such wonderful
>things as Vietnam, massive civil disturbance and social strife, and
>unaccompanied drum solos.  What was so great about any of that?
>
>
>Rob
>


Surely you see the inherent fallacy in this.

All of the ills you site were borne of frustrations from preceding generations.
The (re)actions of the 60's (much more than the 70's because really, the
Woodstock era _ended_ with Woodstock) were _supposed_ to fix the various
social ills.

The 60's did not give us Vietnam, the 40's and 50's did. Our generation just
got stuck fighting, and finally stopping the war -- where I lost friends.

The 60's did exhibit civil disturbance, but for what issues? Issues of racial
equality, environment, civil rights (you wouldn't have been allowed to wear
jeans to school if we hadn't "disturbed" the establishment), and peace.

We were (are) the peace and love generation. We are not the 'me' generation.

To illustrate that point, you have to look no further than the music of
the 60's, and today's (mostly) trash. We sang of peace, love, and
understanding, not violence, hate and rape.

Besides, I like drum solos.



Ernie