Good evening, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dave Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I have absolutely no *evidence* at all, *except* I travel a lot and often >>speak to a lot of strangers about a wide variety of issues. My take on >>what I hear is that people are getting MAD and many of them have indicated >>they want to see genuine change in the political stratosphere within their >>lifetimes. >>-- > Are you hearing different things under the same circumstances of > conversation than you heard 10 or 20 years ago? Well yes and no. Ten or twenty years ago, my innermost circle of friends were nearly exclusively those *outside* the mainstream of society, hence I didn't have a lot of opportunity to always hear all sides of any given issue, although I did know a great number of elected officials as a result of being a journalist. If I were to answer your question, on that basis, I would say that the level of outrage, of rejection of authority, and the groundswell of rebellion back then was largely limited to a counter-cultural evolution that was too far outside the mainstream of society to truly move us politically one way or the other. The majority of the mainstream of society, back then, were more or less content with the status quo, even during the contentious war in Vietnam. Today, however, I am seeing and hearing a much different backlash, compared to the 60's and 70's, and now it is coming from some of the most-staunch middle-of-the-road members of the mainstream of society, ranging from farming families to the ever-diminishing middle class in the suburbs. Granted, it isn't exactly a groundswell of popular support, but I wonder if that won't happen within the next four years. That, more or less, is my opinion. Of course, I'm always willing listen to divergent views. ;-) Dave -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 11/24/2004 Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net Fortune Random Thought For the Minute In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable. -- W. Churchill, on General Montgomery _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
