Marty: Your initial post did not leave the impression that our net impact was positive. That's why I responded as I did. I'm not even sure that your examples of negative activities would stand up to careful examination. Males doing physical labor today often wear beards. They most definitely did not before the Sixties. They smoke pot, which they did not previously. They largely turned to the music which the activists liked. They sure as hell ate up Country Joe's, "Gimme an F--". Bill Mandel Marty Jezer wrote: > I don't quite understand the arugment here, Bill. I > agree with you that things are better today, at least in > this country, in the areas of civil rights, human rights, > and issues of personal freedom (which is not to say that > they're great). But we, in the sixties, did do stuff that > fueled the backlash and, IMHO, made it a lot more severe > than it needed to be. > > Marty Jezer > > > At 07:30 PM 10/4/2000 -0700, you wrote: > >> The fact remains that nothing won in the field of civil >> rights has been lost, that gay rights are at this moment >> in better shape than ever before, and that, considering >> all the multifarious criteria for measuring the status >> of women, the same probably obtains there as well. >> Consider the latest: the legalization of the at-home >> abortion pill. >> This does not mean that cops don't engage in racial >> profiling. T > > Marty Jezer * 22 Prospect Street * Brattleboro, Vermont > 05301Check out my web page: http://www.sover.net/~mjezTo > subscribe to my Friday commentary, simply request to be > put on my mailing list. It's free!
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