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Subject: Re: Re: What is a yuppie?
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 14:31:06 EST
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>    [Me, being crotchety]
>    >> --Even back then, we knew damn well that we'd wind up compromising
>    >> a number of our oh-so-lofty principles, round off a few of the rough
>    >> edges here and there.  But never, *never*, did any of us ever suspect
>    >> that our whole generation en masse would throw away the very essence
>    >> of the progressive ideals it held dear and spit on them.
>    
>    [Frank Silbermann]
>    > Get real, will ya'?  Lofty principles and ideals of the 60's?
>    > Give me a break!  Most of the 60's youth didn't even understand
>    > the slogans the spouted.  It was merely fashion -- the cool thing
>    > to do at the time (and if you weren't cool, how could you hope
>    > to get laid?).  Sure, a few of the New Left (read "communist") yippies
>    > knew what they were doing, but for most of the rest, it was just
>    > one big party.  Seeing a few old films like "Getting Straight"
>    > (starring Elliot Gould and Candice Bergen) or "Fritz the Cat"
>    > (starring himself) will set you straight about the motivations
>    > and concerns of that time.
>    
>    Hmmm, so that's how it happened.  Silly us.  We didn't know which end
>    was up, just partying all the time and yelling dumb slogans.  Well,
>    speak for yourself, Frank.  No, don't.  Sorry--I didn't mean that.
>    Don't sell yourself short, Frank.  There was a war on, and everybody's
>    ass was on the line, and the Revolution was just around the corner.
>    Maybe it was a pipe dream (considering what was in the pipe), but we
>    did believe it.  We wouid transform a sick society into one big co-op.
>    
>    Of course, Madison Avenue was hot on our heels, co-opting our values
>    wherever it could.  And so was Hollywood, which through all those
>    outasight peace-and-love days steadfastly maintained the political
>    consciousness of a turnip.  And still there were films that did hit
>    the mark.  Not "Getting Straight", "Easy Rider".  Or better, "THX 1138".
>    
>    Frank, if you were as peripheral to The Movement as your comments
>    indicate, I'm sorry.  But don't knock it because you weren't there
>    in the streets.  Then again, maybe that *is* a good reason to knock
>    it.  You can't look at today's jazzercise/pasta salad/designer
>    culture and imagine you'll get another chance real soon.  Sigh.
>    Ou sont les neiges d'antans?
>    -- 
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