(07-29-2016, 02:49 AM)taramarie Wrote: Well I listen to what people say. But thing is i would not even need that to figure out how they interpreted what was going on from their perception. I mean wee ones looking after their stoned out parents! God knows how many households did that at that time let alone woodstock. It was a disconcerting watch for me. It is no wonder some view drugs in that manner. They were the parents to their parents. (Note i know it is only some) but it came along with some queer ideas by the sounds of things that led to cult behaviour, death and in some ways, ignorant blind followers. This includes politics also. Yes, xers and millies have to clean up the mess. I mean how much debt are you guys in now? Let alone my country. Boomer leaders are doing a swell job over here too NOT.
There were several entertaining cults such as the Reverend Jim Jones which left quite a few dead. My personal favorite are the Rajneeshees who tried to take over Wasco county. God, what a freak show they were. That little group is known for the first bio-terrorism attack which was executed with all of the incompetence I have come to expect from Boomers.
I have more than enough experience to justify my attitude toward Eric the Obtuse and his ilk. This is only a small sampling of the fruit of the Consciousness Revolution. When they don't get their way they act like spoiled brats and do something stupid.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises