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Today yet another post extolling the wonderful life changing experience of "the summer of love" appeared on FB. In this latest iteration of that story the person who posted it made the mistake of saying - or at least believing that "The Summer of Love" was in '69 and exemplified by the Woodstock Music Festival - which did indeed take place iin '69.

However, the real "Summer of Love" was the summer of 1967. Nevertheless the whole thing got me thinking about Woodstock because so many people claim to have "been part of the mob who were there at Woodstock" - The upshot of it all is that far too many people love to wax all nostalgic about their own "life changing experience" from having been in attendance at the Woodstock Music Festival.
Now then - I was 18 in 1969 and I did not participate in the Woodstock event - but then I was not at the Battle of the Bulge either...but a person doesn't have to have "been there" to know or to have a very good idea about what it was "really like" -

So me - being me, I could not resist giving my own analysis of the goings on at Woodstock

Woodstock was a spectacle that spanned 3 days. It was a spectacle of drug induced, debauchery, crime (including rape and gang rape), wanton destruction of property and it left a horrible scar on the land itself - not to mention the physical, psychological and emotional scars left on the many females who were sexually assaulted in that time and place THAT is definitely NOT LOVE. Now is it!

The clean up was a major task and it cost (someone) a lot of money. Even the almost endless deluge of rain failed to deter the sinful fervor of drug abuse, wanton and in many instances of unwanted and uninvited sexual intercourse. Which as a matter of fact resulted in a large number of "unplanned" pregnancies and spread Sexually transmitted diseases.

The ONLY "AMAZING" thing about Woodstock was the realization and the stark illustration of just how easily people will fall back into a state of primitive, uncivilized and criminal behavior when they think "no one is looking" and that "hey! everyone's doing it"

Woodstock is (or should be) a study on theretofore, considered to be "Civilized" people who were thought have been raised by parents who instilled in their progeny with at least a minimal exposure to a code of morality and ethical behavior.

Woodstock is a perfect example of the frailties of humanity. It is illustrative of what "most people" WILL DO (as opposed to "would do) when they think nobody is looking.

Rape? check: Drug and alcohol abuse? check: thieving? check: complete abdication of self restraint and comportment with "human decency"? check:

I always thought that when the heavy rains fell on that morass of human bodies wriggling in the mud - covered in mud - it provided a metaphorical image reflective of what they were doing to their very souls - stained in the filth of their state of Mass hysteria, and wanton, debauched behavior.

And when the rain finally subsided there they all were. Laying about, mud drying on their skin and matting their hair - physically ill and hungover. Literally lying in their self inflicted misery.

No one who was there EVER talks objectively nor honestly about their "life changing experience" - How could they? To step back and take an objective assessment of their own behavior would just be too difficult to face - much less to confess.

A few times every 12 months or so we see posts on Social media just like this one - Glorifying the so called "Summer of Love" - when in fact it was the Summer of mass insanity, unfettered and immoral behavior on the part of Americas young adults.

Any decent person would be ashamed - or at least embarrassed to admit to having participated in "The Summer of Love" at Woodstock.

iThink 9 May 29
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Baby booms have consequences.

There are evolutionary reasons that young adults are rebellious. Males without social standing have limited sexual access. Females wouldn't leave the troop if they were not rebellious "difficult to live with" and inclined to mate outside the social norm. One of the things that turned society on it's head in the 60s was that young adults had social power by weight of numbers and encouraged to use that power by people who did not have a commitment to traditional values.

wolfhnd Level 8 May 30, 2022

another brilliant analysis on the hippie movement in the '60s
Great comment - rings true!

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"Freedom" was the call back then, although freedom only meant the abandonment of extant moral social standards and personal responsibility while vilifying authority of any genus - doing what your want.

Brilliantly stated. You're a smart man - errr woman...ahhh person. LOL anyhow I envy and admire your talent for composing your ideas in such a smooth, professional yet concise way.

By comparison I know I am a bit verbose which is a flaw born of my own limited communication skill and vocabulary.

And BTW you just said in about 29 or 30 words what took me about 100 + to try explaining.

@iThink Well..thanks for the compliment. We're about the same age and it took me the last 20 years of my life to even get a few ideas straight let alone be able to express them comprehensibly. I'm a bit slow and couldn't just express things off the top of my head. Sometimes I ruminate on a point for hours before I get the concept I wish to express boiled down to the words I think capture it.

You do pretty well yourself. Most likely, being my age, you were taught to read before "the whole language method" was introduced in grade schools during the seventies. That was a killer for comprehension. I can always tell when I'm engaged in conversation or debate with someone whom has been taught the whole language method. It always ends up being an argument of semantics.

A little essay called, "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell was a bit of an eyeopener for me. I read it about five years ago and had a bit of an epiphany when he said "never use a big word when a small word will do". I always wanted to be impressive and use a big word. It isn't what writing is about so my writing was quite bad. It still isn't at a level I wish it was and I have to work a little on my grammar, too. But I don't claim to be a professional.

The Orwell essay is about 25 pages long and available on line. It's interesting if you care to read it. Maybe you have already? I guess I shouldn't assume you haven't. You're writing is pretty clear.

@FrankZeleniuk Last week was my 71st B- day. I was lucky in that the first 8 years of education was in a Catholic school. This set the mold for my approach to education going forward. I took to English and Literature right away. I'm not so good in math.
So, yes I did learn in the "whole language" method to spell, write, punctuate...etc.
I do tend to write (type - nobody really "writes" anymore - right?) extemporaneously - sort of in a stream of consciousness - Which is one reason I tend to verbosity - and because of that I do a lot of correcting/editing on the fly. Then I go over it once again before I post comments.
I do so appreciate good writing but also I value the ideas and opinions of others because often times I'll get a perspective or a point I had not thought of before.
IMHO IDW community is the ideal site for me because there are a lot of smart people here and the majority of them communicate like adults who have had more than a little life experience.
Semantics - you are so right about that. I believe we (you and I) have gone back and forth a few times over a semantic difference.

I vaguely remember coming across Orwells "Politics and the English Language" many decades ago - I have forgotten most of what I read "back in the day" - funny but true!
Thanks for reminding me! I will definitely find it on the web and read it again.
My goal in writing is to first, make my point or position as clear as possible. Then I try to make it as easy as possible for the reader to read it (I try to take out awkward phrases and sentences).

Thank you for your kind response.

...be see'n you around

@iThink Happy belated birthday!

So, yes I did learn in the "whole language" method to spell, write, punctuate...etc.

The "whole language method" of learning to read didn't come into exsitence until the seventies so I'm sure you missed that in your elementary education. Especially in a Catholic school.

The Whole language method of teaching reading abandoned the idea of phonetics and dictionaries and had students remember words. They were encouraged to figure out the definitions of words in the context of what they were reading which, in my view, is totally inadequate. There are often several definitions of words and their made up definition may not fit in the context of another subject. Small words especially have many definitions. I think I was in my late twenties before I could have told you what the definition of "the" was. Now the woke crowd is allowed to fiddle around politically with words, especially noticeable with pronouns, and other socio/political concepts.
The English language is very malleable and appropriative of other languages so it can socially change alot but politics tends to enforce changes that are not derived from usage.

@FrankZeleniuk Oh - then I completely misunderstood the meaning of Whole Language..."
I was of the mistaken idea that "whole.." meant learning Sentence Structure, punctuation, spelling/vocabulary, parts of speech, composition...etc.

Thanks for clarifying it for me. sincerely.

My experience with Catholic elementary (1 - 8...I started in 1st grade-no Kindergarten) then to public HS beginning in 9th grade. Dropped out of HS in Sept of my senior year. Got the GED 2 years later then it took a long long time but I did manage to get an Associates degree.

All along the way I did a lot of reading but only because I liked reading. I used to enjoy reading. It was a pleasurable activity for me. Today it strains my eyes and my ability to concentrate is greatly compromised.
Now, in my old age I no longer pursue it - reading that is. The web and sites like IDW community are a real god-send to me. I don't know what I would do if I were unable to exercise my brain...

I consider myself to me somewhat self-educated. But that 8 years of Catholic elementary education really set the trajectory for me - without that I don't think I would have ever been so motivated to continue learning - reading.
I would read almost anything I could get in my hands. Fiction, non-fiction; "Classic literature as well as novels in all genre; Mystery, Science Fiction, Courtroom drama, War/Historical themed novels, Psychological themed books - I really enjoyed Steven Kings early stuff too - Short Stories and Essays were high on my list.
There is a series called "Best American Essays" with an accompanying series called "Best American Short Stories". I loved those two series and each year I would pick up the "new" edition of each - maybe for a dozen years give or take. I found them to be most pleasurable and invigorating.

Alas life changes happen and It has been many years since I delved into those two series or done any serious reading for that matter. I am sure the "Best American essays and short stories series is still around today. Nevertheless an avid reader can't go wrong if he picks up any edition from any year of either.
Like great music great literature stands the test of time and I highly recommend "Greatest American series to anyone.

My first English Class in Junior College (it was Eng/lit 101 I think) I had already read everything that was on the syllabus. I made the mistake of telling the Prof about that and he gave me another list and told me to work with that. LOL

Anyhow - thanks for the B-day wish.

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I hope that wasn't the picture of "liberty" that Libertarians had in mind.

Well, there was no language that I can recall about competing political ideologies in the "hippie" culture at that time. No doubt there were some very radical political activists who infiltrated and who used the ignorant youth who populated the throngs of "hippies" who migrated to San Francisco , Los Angeles and San Diego Cali.
However two very active underground communist radicals Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers melded in with the hippy movement and successfully recruited quite a lot of acolytes and converted them into Communist useful idiots - foot soldiers to use for canon fodder. Overall, I would say that the great majority of hippies didn't honestly give a shit about political stuff. All they wanted - really - was Free Stuff. Food, shelter, marijuana, hash, LSD, heroin and alcohol. cocaine was too expensive and too hard to attain for the regular "street hippie"...Cocaine was a preferred drug of the Rich and famous - Think Beach Boys, Sharon Tate and that perv Roman Polanski - the list is quite long.

I might be mistaken but seems to me Libertarians advocate for something akin to a society literally without any codified system of law.

I have yet to hear how such an arrangement can even approach the necessities of a society that would be peaceful, productive and provide relative safety for the general population.

"Don't bother me I won't bother you" seems to be a pretty inadequate and weak political strategy. I don't see how it would not devolve into the law of the jungle - "survival of the fittest" - "might is right" and eventually develop into a feudal system.

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