This is in response to the poem by Kristen Noment posted earlier today...not quite an explanation, but all i have to offer
She said
This is what you are giving us
This world that is falling apart
Losing the battle
With man’s destructiveness
This isn’t how it was supposed to be
I said
We had so many plans back then
We were going to change the world
We overthrew the old ways
I guess
In our drugged haze
That was the end of the sixties
We forgot to rebuild
To find new answers
For the old ones we rejected
It wasn’t supposed to be this way
I said
But it is
She said
It is
Didn't the sixties just ignore the problems? Seems to me we haven't gotten much better...I agree, some strides forward have been made, but we take three back with every advancement. Will we ever learn??
Powerful rebuttal, powerful, thought provoking write--thank you.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on June 22, 2005
The sixties didn't solve problems, it just bitched a lot. I was there also. It was just good-time-rock-and-roll-getting down. Flower power was only exhibitionism gone berserk.
Felix, you are right and i had no right to belittle what we did accomplish. I am and always have been a little disappointed that we didn't live up to our full potential in the sixties and that what started out so optimistic just fizzled out, but as you pointed out, we did make changes and they were important ones...the final one on your list is one of the most important ones too...we did hand our children a new concept of authority...thank you for reminding me that our generation is due kudos' also...
Some parts of this are true as you state Dear Sue, alas though lets not forget the things that we did change and make happen in our drugged out Haze
...the beginning of the end of racism
...the beginning and continuation of women's rights
...an end to the Vietnam war
...the freedom to choose what we wore and how we wore wore our hair, clothes etc
...a whole new generation of children who were taught not to accept all authority blindly but to question what they did not understand
So you see Sue we did accomplish a lot us old ex-hippies and those are the things we should be proud of. Thanks for reminding me.
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Oh Yeah I think I remember them
Yes great brownie recipes
and saute'd mushrooms
Didn't the sixties just ignore the problems? Seems to me we haven't gotten much better...I agree, some strides forward have been made, but we take three back with every advancement. Will we ever learn??
Powerful rebuttal, powerful, thought provoking write--thank you.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(
To find new answers
We often did, but maybe now is the time for all, including these youngsters, to work towards a better world.
...the beginning of the end of racism
...the beginning and continuation of women's rights
...an end to the Vietnam war
...the freedom to choose what we wore and how we wore wore our hair, clothes etc
...a whole new generation of children who were taught not to accept all authority blindly but to question what they did not understand
So you see Sue we did accomplish a lot us old ex-hippies and those are the things we should be proud of. Thanks for reminding me.
Felix