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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (72556)	8/19/2003 7:56:21 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Civil Rights, Women's Lib, all these things accomplished a great deal Yes, what was set out to be accomplished has been achieved. You can include the environmentalists too. Rivers and lakes were cesspools in the 70s. So why are people still agitating?

To: Rambi who wrote (72556)	8/19/2003 10:58:12 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

The swing has swung big time. I have been predicting a swing back to liberalism, but if the youth are all rallying around conservatism it may be a while. Message 19221016

To: Rambi who wrote (72556)	8/20/2003 12:22:06 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Yes, it was moi. That's indeed an interesting article. And I think accurate, from other observations I've made of young folks these days. Yes, we did some good things in the days we were liberals, which means the days when our parents were still willing to support us and drugs, AIDS, and other such ills weren't a major problem for middle class youth, so we were freer to be social activists. Plus, the problems society faced were much "cleaner" than those it faces now -- Jim Crow racism, the Vietnam War, problems like that where the right answers were really quite clear. I'm reminded of Churchill's comment: Any man under 40 who isn't a liberal has no heart; any man over 40 who isn't a conservative has no brain. As with all aphorisms, it can't be taken literally, but it does have a significant kernel of truth in it.