Damn Hippies
POSTED BY: Wulfenstar
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 20:49
VIEWED: 3615
PAGE 4 of 6
Niki2- To answer your question, I'm just a little behind you in age! (56) Oh, and BTW, I laughed over this until I nearly peed.It was either that or cry.
Quote:
That would be hysterical, if it weren't so pathetic. "We wanted peace and justice, a community that cared." Yeah, nuke 'em, nuke 'em one and all for wanting THAT kind of crap!
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Oh I care, I wouldn't dive headfirst down a rabbithole full of nightmares if I didn't - but the very nastiness that makes me not very nice is also my armor against things that would emotionally and psychologically crush a person who was any kinda decent.
The words Iron-Handed Mercy are not a contradiction when coming from me.
-F
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I thank you for that, and Signym as well. I intend to--for want of a better term--find myself a cause. As stated, I'm not exactly sure WHAT cause yet, but 'tis the journey, eh?
Also, I should attribute the quote at the bottom of my previous post, as it's a snippet of dialog between Angel and Kate from Angel 2.16. Tim Minear deserves the credit there.
I like to attach relevant Whedonverse quotations to whatever topic, it's a thing. (Though I keep a default when it's all a Wash!)
--WhoDied
_______________________
Yeah, we're mostly just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Poor Woofie.... alone in the doghouse. Come out, little pup. We won't bite.
[/snark]
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by SignyM:
Poor Woofie.... alone in the dohouse. Come out, little pup. We won't bite.
[/snark]
Seriously, Wulf needs a mission. Idle hands and all.
Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.com Now available on your iPhone
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Wulf
post a video once, not to every thread.
Thanks.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I don't venture into RWED very often. I find it useless to discuss politics because everyone who's an adult has pretty much made up their mind about their opinions and what someone else says on a message board is not likely to influence them, except to get them mad enough to respond. But what I might say in the heat of the moment won't mean anything to the person I'm addressing, so why bother?
I have read enough of the threads to know that I am on the opposite end of the political spectrum from Wulfenstar. What he has posted on this subject is ridiculous. No one group of people represent the majority of those who came of age in the 60s. I may have been called a hippie by some from time to time, but I wasn't. I wore my hair long at one time, and yeah, I did do some drugs, but nothing heavy and I never dropped out. I do think I was more socially conscious than a lot of people I knew, although less so than others.
I'm very close in age to Traveler, SignyM and Niki. I'll be 59 later this month. Graduated high school in '68, and had a very low draft lottery number (18). I'm a conscientious objector, so was my father, older brother, along with some uncles and cousins (but not all of the family). I was given a 1A-O classification by Selective Service, eligible for the draft but for a non-combat position. I was drafted and was sworn in to the Army on November 17, 1971, with basic training and Advanced Medical Training at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Luckily, I did not have to go to Nam.
I know men who went to Canada or somehow evaded the draft. I also know men who served in Vietnam, a couple of them came home in a box. I respect what each of them did, since they were following their own conscience the same as me. We were all just doing the best we could under the circumstances. I would never spit on a serviceman, then or now, but I'm sure it happened. I do know that there were quite a few people who would have liked to spit on the war protesters. I'm sure you've heard the slogan "America, Love it or Leave It!" The only problem with that is they couldn't understand that the protesters loved America just as much and were trying to save it from the insanity of an unjust war.
I did march in protests, before, during and after my military service, and I'm proud of that fact. I've also tried my best to support other "liberal" causes, civil rights, women's rights, environmental issues, etc. I don't expect anyone to praise me for those actions, it's what anyone should be willing to do for their community and country. Anyone who says we wasted those efforts obviously would rather live the the "good old days" of segregation and suppression when the citizenry was supposed to shut up and do as they were told. Wulfenstar may want to live that kind of life again, but it's not for me.
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Just as it's impossible to characterize the 60's generation by one epithet, it's not possible to castigate this one. But in my generation, when we saw Hearts and Minds people sobbed in sorrow and anger. They got behind "the Fox" and civil rights. I really don't KNOW if you would get that same reaction from many people anymore. Maybe media violence has just desensitized people ... I hope I'm wrong.
Oh yeah, and BTW- For a newbie, you hit the nail right on the head. Wulf really does want to go back to the days of segregation and subservient women.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Just coming in from a day trip out of town for a funeral, so I'm still catching up here....
Quote:
Jebus, you would love to put me in a little box wouldn't you? It makes your life so much more bearable.
"THEM BAD! ME GOOD!"
That's actually funny, Wulfie, coming from you. You, who are SOOOOO eager to put everyone else into little boxes, to categorize and demonize, so you can find a reason to hate "them", whoever "they" happen to be today. One day, blacks; the next day, the poor; the next, the "hippies".
Is that how you make your life more bearable?
Mike
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME