[SMARTY]

"... got a thrill from protesting... It was just a social event to go down to the local protest, carry a sign, and meet some “groovy chicks.”

I graduated from Kent State University in Ohio. That description is exact. Most of the numbskulls I went to school with had no clue about politics, political philosophy, sociology or anything relevant to the issues of the day and they definitely knew nothing about the political, military or strategic issues about our part in the Vietnam conflict. BUT, they all made it down to the local protest...to score drugs and meet other numbskulls like themselves. To this day, none of them has a clue about how the world works. At the time, and still, I could not comprehend how 'educated' people could so childishly permit themselves to be so badly used...and with out questioning the process at all.

[Mr. C]

"...could not comprehend how 'educated' people could so childishly permit themselves to be so badly used..."

You said it yourself, didn't you?

"...numbskulls like themselves..."