Reply #106: To my friend indigobusiness:

[H2O Man]

Yes, you and I are in general agreement. The power of hippies was the potency of their ideas. And much of that potency came from their ability to communicate those ideas through cultural means. But many of the forces the hippies struggled against have again taken control of our society -- not because the hippies were wrong -- but because the younger generations have not carried the torch forward. While many of today's youth are smart, most lack insight -- because they have very little to compare today to ..... and minds that lack the ability to compare lack the ability to understand. We today see a purely physical youth .... and when their comfortable world, with its eatting and sleeping, its loud music and dancing, its designer drugs and expensive wines, and its bright flashing colors and its merry laughter are taken away .... as this administration is doing ... these children are left without understanding and hence the ability to resist a criminal and unholy system that is attempting -- no! accomplishing! -- to rob them of their very selves! Because they know little about the measure of thought, nor do they recognize the power of ideas, and therefore they have nothing to support or defend themselves with! And so this administration is able to capitalize on that ignorance.

Those who slander the hippies need to put a better idea forward in order to be considered seriously. It's not insightful to say that "hippies changed." Every single thing changes, and so it would be sad, even pathetic, for old hippies to pretend that they are still 18 years old. But it is even worse to have people bad-mouth the hippie movement, especially when .... as I've noted .... they do not have an understanding who the hippies were, much less what they stood for. So! Thank you for sticking up for the hippies! Earlier, I noted that I never was one .... I was a Yippie!, but I have great respect for the hippies. Peace!