caprice wrote:Considering you are 21 I believe? You weren't even a glint in your father's eye when the hippie movement came into being. What would you know about how they handled the environment? Where is the proof of what you say?
You don't have to live through something to know about it.
I know hippies who trash the environment (yes, there are some hippies left - especially where I live), and have read the park history (and know people who knew the owners) of the local park (Hamilton Pool) I was talking about. Also, both of my parents were hippies and I have heard them complaining about this topic. It is a frequent misunderstanding that hippies were peaceful, earth-loving gurus. Many were hippies out of a desire to do drugs and rebel against "the man," or just a desire to be cool and go to protests, so it also depends on which groups of hippies you are reffering to. You can love nature and not respect it, or have no idea how to respect it. I'm not questioning whether hippies loved nature - of course they did, it's part of hippie collective culture. But they are not necessarily eco-friendly, as in the case I mentioned. This is why I asked if you meant "tree huggers" - activist groups. No, I didn't live in the 60's, but that doesn't mean I can't learn or have opinions about the 1960's.
