The 60's

[midnight Target]

Well ? Good or bad? Did the 60's help us or hurt us?

I tend to think that the movements of the 60's helped us to include a huge segment of our Country that had been excluded from power and priviledge until that time.

The Hippies had everything right except the drugs.

Plus the music was way cool.

[AKDejaVu]

I liked the direction of the 60's as far as race issues go.

I don't like that the 60's introduced the media to the opiniated college students of the days.  I've never liked the aura of education without experience.

Also, I find your use of the term "power and privilege".  Seems to me that the definitions have simply been changed to include a different segment.  Various handfulls of people are still trying to dictate every aspect of life for the rest of us.

AKDejaVu

[GtoRA2]

The equal rights movement was a good thing.

The cars where cool.

The music was ok, if you get rid of the lame beetles.

The whole hippy movement seems kind of lame to me, and since I grew up hearing stories about how my dad had dog toejam thrown on him by anti war protesters, I think that was lame.

Want to protest fine. Want burn your draft card fine, want to run to Canada, fine go ahead and never come back. But to abuse the military men who where coming home is inexcusable! To call parents who's kids died over there and tell them there son died a baby killer and it was a good thing they died, is horrid, those people are as$holes.
 
If they did any good, I do not see it.

[capt. apathy]

some good some bad.
good
womens rights
minority rights
we became more accepting of people different than us (well most of us)

bad
womens rights taken too far- they seem to get all the rights and privleges of men without the reponsability and accountability, they get the best of both worlds

minority rights taken past the point of making it wrong to discrimanate against minoritys, to the point of justifying discrimination against non minoritys (aka white guys)

the whole conscept that just because someone has enough free time to be an 'activist', that somehow their opinion is more valuable than a guy putting in his work day, busting his bellybutton to carry his own weight.  I mean who gives a toejam what the deadbeat thinks? get a job.

all these hippies who where sing'n the "don't sell out" song in the 60's are now running companys that charge $5 for a pint of icecream, $250 for concert tickets and  $3 for a cup of coffee.  they made a very lucrative switch from money being a 'tool of the man', and being the love generation to being the 'cha-ching $$ generation'

[Animal]

I think the 60's shaped the cool nation USA is now.

If that movement had never happened, america would still be square!

[AKDejaVu]

Ah.. but 60s did nothing to protect the rights of citizens of Puerto Rico.  Now shut up and get back under my desk.

[easymo]

One of the most important events in American history occurred in the 60's, and no one noticed.  People where so caught up in the war, and which politician got bumped off this month, that it slipped by.  Who and what we are was forever changed by having  Democrats in the White house, and in congress.

  In 1960 90 percent of Americans where of northern European decent. Towards the end of the decade, the Dem's decided that nearly 200 years of American history was all wrong.  And, we needed to fill the place up with people from the third world.  Since that time, massive numbers of these immigrants have poured into our country.  The America I knew as a boy has not existed for years now.  Ironically, what much of the world perceives as being America has not existed for years.  This change is ongoing and, they say that decades before the end of this century. Americans of northern European decent will be a minority.

  I feel safe in saying that this is not what the founding fathers had in mind

  Whether this change will be for the better remains to be seen.  The desire for freedom is strong in all men IMO. This combined with the tools provided for us by the constitution should insure that what is at the heart of this country will survive.  Either way, I wont live long enough to find out.  Good luck to you young fella's

[UserName]

Ja ja easymo, I agree!

Ze USA vent from a country full of pure aryan, european immigrants to one full of untermensch third world immigrants!

It iz outrageous!

[paulieb]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Well ? Good or bad? Did the 60's help us or hurt us?

Well, in my opinion, the 60s were way better than the 50s they replaced in the field. Better rate of fire, better penetration.... what? OHHHH, you mean the DECADE!!!! Silly me.... carry on....

[easymo]

You libs should just make up a form.  Then you could just post it whenever you decide someone has said something non-PC. You always have the same response anyway.  It would save time. It would, of course, have to include the mandatory Nazi reference.  The raciest accusation. And of course corporate lackey. BTW.  Running dog, imperialist, has fallen out of fashion.

[Saurdaukar]

(Wasnt alive in the 60's)

From reading/watching/listening to what went on - the civil rights movement was a good thing... but thats about it in my opinion.  The music sucked... its almost scary, and as was previously stated, bashing the servicemen returning from Vietnam is absolutely inexcusible.  I'd like to think that alot of us that didnt live through it think of the vast majority of the "hippie" movement was based on stupid kids that didnt want to work, yet needed some sort of fulfillment out of their lives... hell, somethings got to be wrong... ::click:: THATS IT!!!  Ok guys, this week we're going to protest the US Government!

Hope it doesnt happen again...

[beet1e]

GTO -

The music was ok, if you get rid of the lame beetles.

The Liverpudlian musicians were known as the Beatles. Wait a minute... I think you were referring to me and others like me - Doh!

[Snowball]

hippies good???
what about the discrimination against Vietnam Vets??? Surely the war was wrong but what gives them the right to take away the honor from these selfless warriors who risked so much to serve their country??? What do the hippies give in return? a load of crap which would make the lives of these soldiers more miserable

[Animal]

Originally posted by easymo
One of the most important events in American history occurred in the 60's, and no one noticed.  People where so caught up in the war, and which politician got bumped off this month, that it slipped by.  Who and what we are was forever changed by having  Democrats in the White house, and in congress.

  In 1960 90 percent of Americans where of northern European decent. Towards the end of the decade, the Dem's decided that nearly 200 years of American history was all wrong.  And, we needed to fill the place up with people from the third world.  Since that time, massive numbers of these immigrants have poured into our country.  The America I knew as a boy has not existed for years now.  Ironically, what much of the world perceives as being America has not existed for years.  This change is ongoing and, they say that decades before the end of this century. Americans of northern European decent will be a minority.

  I feel safe in saying that this is not what the founding fathers had in mind

  Whether this change will be for the better remains to be seen.  The desire for freedom is strong in all men IMO. This combined with the tools provided for us by the constitution should insure that what is at the heart of this country will survive.  Either way, I wont live long enough to find out.  Good luck to you young fella's

You are kidding, right?

....right?

[easymo]

What part of that post is not true?