I’m coming down on the Wizard’s side. Hippies never “ruined” anyone’s life, except sometimes their own. I was 15, 16, 17, etc. during that time and I’m grateful for nearly every experience I had back then. For one thing, being part of that era helped teach me the value of rebellion—and this is something that few young people ever learn these days.
thank you for your support...I was young then too, and just like many, did some things right and some wrong....I was blessed to learn the difference....but there was no one but me responsible....not my folks, not the government, not my school, not my friends, not drugs, not sex, nothing....and each of them played a role in my life.....
You have to learn to choose the right things in situations, and it ain’t always easy, and no one ever said it would be, but the idea is to learn from your mistakes and not repeat them......too often