[phoenix0468]

"The Sixties look drab now—unkempt Manson girls, the lost and unhappy, kids bleak and bleary-brained after waking up with too many strangers in too many sour crash pads. There was that. It was not a time for the weak-minded."

The first sentence describes the young adults of the sixties as weak minded, the last says it was not a time for it. Both are true, and that in and of itself sums up the failure of the sixties. If young adults would have been joining in and working for constructive change instead of "Dropping Acid, and Dropping Out" as the old saying went (I may have misquoted it, but it is close enough), then Vietnam would have either ended with victory or much earlier than it did. The same thing is happening today from the left. Instead of coming up with valid logical arguments against the war in Iraq, they keep attacking events, people, and organizations that don't jive with their thinking. If their is a reason for something being bad, such as the war in Iraq, then come up with a valid reason. Don't just say, "it's bad, people are dying, it costs too much, Mr. Bush this, and Sec. Rumsfeld that." I am sick and tired of beatniks, hippies, and commie sympathizers spouting crap to denigrate authority.

[BraveMan]

Many persons throughout history have demonstrated through their own example how not to live life. With their display over time, they teach us the perils in life we may endure if we choose our paths unwisely. In that regard, Hunter Thompson served us well . . .