I promised this to FReeper Musket in response to his tagline about a week ago.
Apologies for the delay.
Cheers!
To: Musket
Sorry this was so late. Projects at work + Christmas Shopping makes grey_whiskers run late.
Cheers!
2 posted on
12/10/2006 10:28:52 PM PST by
grey_whiskers
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To: grey_whiskers
Well written GW, but I challenge the culture shift idea, or perhaps modify it somewhat.
The 1968-69 slogan "make love, not war" failed on both fronts.
The fall of Saigon was proof that we lost the Viet Nam war.
The rise of AIDS was proof that we lost the sexual revolution.
In both cases, mankind was far worse off than when we started. Viet Nam cost us 50,000 lives and millions of Vietnamese lives both before and after the war ended. The sexual revolution has cost many (I hesitate to say millions) of lives. In both cases, our society had been forced or has chosen to modify it behavior.
Perhaps your "culture shift" is rooted in failure.
3 posted on
12/10/2006 10:57:15 PM PST by
Lokibob
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To: grey_whiskers
Interesting. And not at all what I thought it would be. It's much deeper. Sadly, I don't expect an end to the War on Islamic Terror - OR the Culture War anytime soon. As you've noted, they're both in it for the long haul. And, considering all of that, I hope the last election was a burp or glitch, and not a trend.
Nice writing Sir.
5 posted on
12/11/2006 3:36:43 PM PST by
Musket
(The last major culture shift took about 2 years 1968-69 -- so why is this one taking so long?)
To: grey_whiskers
8 posted on
12/18/2006 8:01:13 AM PST by
Grampa Dave
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