Question to the hippies

is there any reason i should get teary eyed hearing these stories? i swear i wish i could go back and go to woodstock and haight ashbury and do all the awesome stuff you guys did. Peace is eternity. It jsut makes me so sad that i can never experience the love and great times you guys had. I'm 18 and in the wrong generation! *sniff*

 

Well, this generation screwed itself over, so let's fix it up.

 

This generation is a giant pool of failure. It's pathetic.

 

All generations since Europe started conquering itself have been giant failures.
Doesn't mean we can't have fun and change it for the better.

 

how do you start a new generation of peace in todays society? all the gangs and violence....i think the world comming to an end soon. i hope not i want some hippe children to follow in my footsteps ^_^ so what does a hippie of this generation do? Where are my brothers and sisters? rock isnt the same anymore...i looked up "woodstock 99" it was a complete disaster. I miss the good ole days, although i havent lived them. my dad was a 70's hippie but cant remember much of it other than acid and "kick-ass times and music" he always throws up the peace sign...i finally know why. *sniff*

 

All you need is music, a message, and people to back you up. Psychedleia doesn't fly anymore, though. You gotta melt faces and burst sides, man. The Beatles softly sang their message, now, to make sure people get the picture, I scream it in their's. The 60s are over, but they're starting anew. With new times comes new means, and with a powerful song you can change the world, if not at least one life.

 

Wow. what a beautiful message. i want to learn to play the guitar, ^_^ i could be the next jimi hendrix! maybe not...but i see your point. i dont know its that era that i truly want to experience. is there such thing as hippie homes or a place where lots of them gather? i'd love to go! just to have a fun time and hang out with people that have got the same views on life as me

 

Communes, man. Self-governing, classless, practically moneyless. A heaven on Earth, if you can find the right one for you.

 

hm. ill look that up, thanks ^_^

 

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=57

The communal living forum.

 

Maybe things are fucked now, but it wasn't all jolly in the sixties neither. Get a grip if you want the world to be a better place. It doesn't matter if you're having fun with making music or painting or do volunteering or protests or working on natureprojects and so on, at least you're sure that crying about the 'magical sixties' and being negative isn't gonna get you anywhere. Although they might understand your thoughts, you aren't helping any hippie by spreading negativity. Why can't you experience love and similar great times if you say yourself peace is eternity? Ah well, suit yourself.

 

what i mean by 'peace is eternity' is that peace IS eternity. there isn't much peace anymore and i dont know how long the world will hold up like this. I mean to encourage people to bring peace so that the world Can live on for generations to come. I can experience great times now, but there's always a thought in the back of my mind, that I could have had even more fun with you guys ^_^

 

It's not about fun. Destroying the world can be just as fun as saving it. The flower children did what they had to, and now it's our turn to step up to the plate, or the canvas, the microphone, the writing desk. Anything to avoid the sword of desperation from plummeting into humanity.

 

that IS my idea of fun, a huge group of us doing whats right. trying to create world peace is hard no doubt, and a lot of work, but in my opinion its fun ^_^

 

Well aren't you positive, Mr. Emo head?

 

I could'nt agree more D: . but for me it's really more distant, because im asian...and im kinda confused about what to do about the whole, "i should be proud of my roots!" argument...not that i'm not, but i really well, wish i was there too!

 

i remember my stepmother used to say to me, u were born in the wrong generation, like somehow we belong in a different time... things werent better back then, they were a million times worse, people were fighting not just for the right to be free but to be able to vote, get equal pay, many things... at least the movement has already been established by now, maybe we just cant see the forest through the trees... so the scene is pretty bad in some places, its also beautiful in others... so long as theres love there will be peace, maybe fleeting, but as somebody above said, peace is eternal... a momentary lapse of reason is enough to take a life, or find ure true love... just try and make this moment all that it can be, make it ure reason to push on

 

I'm not negative, I'm a realist. If things keep going the way they are this generation will never amount to anything. It's nothing less than a complete disaster.

 

you're not a realist, you're a fifteen year old angsty teen who just hit puberty. Yes, we're in a bad state of affairs, but sitting around saying we're doomed doesn't help. We get that things are bad, but instead of whining about it to the tunes of MCR we're trying to figure things out. Now be productive and read some books.

 

Not that it isn't a total unrealistic possibility but is that only because OUR generation is a giant pool of failure? We're living in a result of all former generations and if we are crying all over it or get apathetic we only give the next generation more reason to be hopeless.
I think you better speak for yourself then for a whole generation.