LightHeartedMaam
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ORIGINAL: LdyScarletDomina I'm young so maybe I don't have the memory based experience to qualify a response but I am beginning to see in the high schools in my area a definate return to some of the basic beliefs of "hippies." generally, young folk of my acquaintence (16-21 due to volunteer opportunities) seem to be politically liberal, intelligent, sexually open and accepting, and concerned about whether there will be a country left for them when their parents/government/ "grownups" are done with it. Most of them are disgusted with the religious junk they are being fed, discouraged by the useless laws on drugs and tired of being treated like less intelligent human beings. I don't think its just the BDSM lifestyle, I think I personally see more and more disgust with the current order every day in the younger generation. And that encourages me. Hopefully they'll have their own sexual and political revolution and their voices can be heard. Thank you OP for posting this. Lady Scarlet One of my favorite quotes is :"If you want to know what lies on the road ahead, ask those coming back" But they never do, they have to find it out for themselves. Kind of like Dorothy in the Land of Oz quote:
Back then you guys were pretty groovy....But then you grew up and changed your mindset....Lost the ability ot think freely like a younger person....Now too many of you Support a President and an unjust war....Have become pro-life...and all too often now detest the very same people that you once were or idolized, you watch Fox, curse the fact that you are aging and remember how good things were when you were young.....Hypocrites. Unfortunately- those that came to maturity in the 80's went back to the "establishment" becoming very materialistic. We swapped "free thinking" for reality. You'll find out on your own when you children call you a hypocrite. Each generation blames the one be for. We even wrote a song about it: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/mike+&+the+mechanics/the+living+years_20093565.html Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come beating on your door I know that I'm a prisoner To all my father held so dear I know that I'm a hostage To all his hopes and fears I just wish I could have told him in the living years Crumpled bits of paper Filled with imperfect thought Stilted conversations I'm afraid thats all we've got You say you just didn't see it He says its perfect sense You just cant get agreement In this present tense We all talk a different language Talking in defense Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear Its too late when we die To admit we didn't see eye to eye So we open up a quarrel Between the present and the past We only sacrifice the future Its the bitterness that lasts So don't yield to the fortunes You sometimes see as fate It may have a new perspective On a different day And if you don't give up, and don't give in You may just be o.k. Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear Its too late when we die To admit we didn't see eye to eye I wasn't there that morning When my father passed away I didn't get to tell him All the things I had to say I think I caught his spirit Later that same year I'm sure I heard his echo In my baby's new born tears I just wish I could have told him in the living years Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear Its too late when we die To admit we didn't see eye to eye
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Now that I'm older, I thought it was great that it seems I have more patience. Turns out, that I just don't give a sh*t.
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