Meow, I'm taking a guess. I guess the turbulent 60's were before your time. I'm getting to be an old fart (I can't wait to hear Barry chime in on that one) and the advantage of age is that I haven't forgotten what it was like to be young and passionate about everything from intense conversation about the stinking Vietnam War to thinking about sex all the time. The seasoning of years just makes all those memories sweeter when viewed through lenses that soften the sharp edges of rejection, so painfully crushing after falling madly in love for the first time.
Seems to me student life is difficult enough to manage without adding the pathos of discovering one's sexuality and being smitten. Those two beguiling passages, overwhelming and exhilarating at once, hint at a course as true as any compass for the rest of one's life, no matter the surprises. The one-two punch just happens to come at the same time in one's life. Imagine that. Things haven't changed much. We still have a stinking war or two and students still fuck like rabbits. What is different is the excitement about politics, like none I've ever seen. But, hoping for peace is not enough. If we want peace for our children from the deepest yearning of our being, we must have the courage to speak out against injustice where ever we see it. Of course, shooting off one's mouth is not enough either. We must devour information from as many sources as we can so we can speak intelligently and argue our ideas with conviction. During the 1967 Pentagon Protest, a young man placed carnations in the gun barrel of MPs guarding the Pentagon. His single act of bravery solidified the slogan "Flower Power" and he became an icon for peace in this amazing photo by Bernie Boston. [http://www.talkingphotography.com/images/FVRcoly-BernieFlowerPower.jpg] http://tinyurl.com/db4yc8 <http://tinyurl.com/db4yc8> http://www.talkingphotography.com/images/FVRcoly-BernieFlowerPower.jpg <http://www.talkingphotography.com/images/FVRcoly-BernieFlowerPower.jpg> <http://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/jofreeman/photos/Pentagon67.html#p\ hotos> http://tinyurl.com/mptlqv <http://tinyurl.com/mptlqv> http://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/jofreeman/photos/Pentagon67.html#ph\ otos <http://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/jofreeman/photos/Pentagon67.html#p\ hotos> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "meowthirteen" <meowthirt...@...> wrote: > > *palms touch at heart* > > *head bowing* > > > Daisy Award for you > > > Thank you > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" raunchydog@ wrote: > > > > "November 15, 1969, there was a massive Moratorium march on Washington, D.C. which attracted over 500,000 demonstrators against the war, including many performers and activists on stage at a rally across from the White House. > > > > A quarter of a million activists at the Moratorium were singing "Give Peace A Chance", a song written by John Lennon. This was significant, instead of singing the traditional, "We Shall Overcome", it was "Give Peace A Chance" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Moratorium > > > > I was there. The song's history is rooted in activism, not just, "wishing and hoping and thinking and praying." That's just a torch song. Not that there is anything wrong that. But Lennon's song inspired folks to get off their butts and DEMAND peace, to participate as responsible citizens petitioning their government to end the Vietnam War and it worked. Some things are just worth fighting for. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-NRriHlLUk > >
