I didn't live through the late 60's

[sam z]

...But I have a theory about it.

I'm a HS history teacher, so I'm fairly intrigued by what is happening in our
country.

I'd venture a guess and say that the country has not been this politically divided since
the counter culture of the late 60's. I'm not trying to date anybody on the forum or
make them feel old, but if you lived through that period would you agree with this
theory of mine? Respond if you'd like. I'm curious.

 

[Jim S.]

I think a few of us on here lived through that including myself. I would say you are right because not everybody was on board with the Vietnam protesters even if you were that age. I may have looked like one but, I mainly did that to make money playing pool in places that I was not recognized (the lucky stoned out hippie). I was living on my own at the age of 16. I didn't give a damn about politics and neither did any of my friends. Still made it through high school, draft number was 334 so I screwed around for a few years then joined the military. It seems more kids have a political agenda now and it is always to the left. You would know better than me being a HS teacher.
Hey George, I showed up to boot camp in San Antonio looking like this. Big mistake. The T.I. bet the barber $5 he couldn't take it all off in 30 seconds. Barber won. T.I. said: "best 5 dollar bet I ever lost".

 

[69hemibeep]

I'm a tad younger and the draft was dropped when it was my turn to go and I had a, your going for sure lottery number. I didn't like how the police action (war) was being handled nor did I like the protesters taking it out on the service men, I do think we learned from that. There was quite a tear in the fabric of our country but it was all over the war and not political agendas like we have today.

 

[Big John]

I'm a tad younger and the draft was dropped when it was my turn to go and I had a, your going for sure lottery number. I didn't like how the police action (war) was being handled nor did I like the protesters taking it out on the service men, I do think we learned from that. There was quite a tear in the fabric of our country but it was all over the war and not political agendas like we have today.

I'm the same age as Bob so our story is much the same. The war tore the country apart and it has always baffled me that there never was the same type of outrage over the ongoing wars now.

I think popular history has any young person in the sixties painted as a dope smoking, LSD dropping hippie that wanted to live on a commune and never use deodorant again. I think reality was much different... At least the sixties that I lived through wasn't like that.

 

[Big John]

I may have looked like one

Where is the pic of Ray when he was young?? You guys had the same barber!

 

[Big John]

Here we go...

http://69roadrunner.net/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=3254&mode=view

 

[69hemibeep]

I'm a tad younger and the draft was dropped when it was my turn to go and I had a, your going for sure lottery number. I didn't like how the police action (war) was being handled nor did I like the protesters taking it out on the service men, I do think we learned from that. There was quite a tear in the fabric of our country but it was all over the war and not political agendas like we have today.

I'm the same age as Bob so our story is much the same. The war tore the country apart and it has always baffled me that there never was the same type of outrage over the ongoing wars now.

I think popular history has any young person in the sixties painted as a dope smoking, LSD dropping hippie that wanted to live on a commune and never use deodorant again. I think reality was much different... At least the sixties that I lived through wasn't like that.

John, I think that 911 justified Afghanistan in allot minds and the prevailing thought was if your going in, do it right, a lesson from Vietnam. At least that's how I see it. Just don't get me started on Iraq :toetap: And since we remember the 60s, I guess we just weren't cut out to be in a commune

 

[Roadcuda]

I'd say the my experience is similar to John and Bob's, and agree with what they said. I didn't really see to much of the hippie stuff in my area other then the longer hair on guys. Mine was not as long as many of the guys, it was never in a pony tail like my brothers, and still is by the way! I was lucky in that my lottery number was 323 so I didn't have to worry too much, unlike a friend of mine whose was 7, but he never got called either!

 

[ACME A12]

Here we go...

http://69roadrunner.net/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=3254&mode=view

Off topic - but that is kind of our mantra around here... Some interesting rides in that pic. My buddy George's '69 SS396 Chevelle front and center. A factory 402/3 speed on the floor car. It had spun a main bearing so we had just yanked the engine for a rebuild - over my Dad's head you can just see the steep pipe chained to the trees to create an "engine hoist".
My '56 Ford PU. 292 Y-Block and a three-on-the-tree. 3.73 geared Dana 60 out back. Wouldn't run when I bought it - turned out it was just missing some pushrods... :loco:
My first RR. F3 4-speed N96 hardtop. I later ended up cutting a quarter panel off of it to save my beautiful B3 RR after it was plowed into by some crack-ho... :brickwall:

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming...

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