Gazelam wrote:Because it was around this time that people like Timothy Leary and others like him began encourageing people to "free themselves". And people were listening. Whether this stemmed from the second world war and the introduction of foreign cultures in such a large degree across such a large number of americans, or simply because throwing away the old for the "new" due to the fashion of the times, I don't know. What role television played I don't know.
In any case it just seems like around that time all the treasured values of the society before this were tossed away.
What I mean by images is: When you think of images of the 30's, 40's and 50's, how do these comapre to images you picture of the 60's and 70's?
Gaz,
I would have loved to see your comments posted in the Telestial Forum because they make me want to swear. Were you even alive 40 years ago? 40 years ago puts us in 1967. Having said that, 40 years ago the images that I remember most vividly were the
body bags being carried out of rice patties and
body counts on the 6 o'clock news. The drug culture was a
direct response to the Vietnam War. Do you know what it was like to face the draft in that time period? Do you know what it was like to have your birthday be entered in a lottery to go to fight in an undeclared war? 1967 puts us at the height of the race riots. Do you know what it was like to be a black American in that time period?
Church and family values? Dad as healer? Are you kidding?
The 30's, 40's and 50's? Again, are you kidding? The Great Depression? World War 2? The Korean War?
Quick, pick a year, Gaz! Tell me what year life was ideal and the American Dream alive and kicking!
Jersey Girl