Post #487992 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:36 PM

OK, John-O, allow me to spell it out for you, since it was apparently not clear that my post was direct, if joking, response to the post right above mine, only inches away. I SHOULD have posted it like this, I apologize:

On 2009-10-12 17:08, Chip and Andy wrote:

And don't forget the secret ingredient.........
Love.
All you need is love. Love is a many and splendid thing.

Better? :)

And I still like to entertain my theory that the gap between the Lounge generation and the Hippie generation was not so big after all: The Hippies just put into action what their predecessors only dreamed of under the guise of a Tiki Lounge: The South Seas dream of Free love, living in nature, and not working for the man.

In my opinion, that Hippy hate is a bit antiquated in a world that is bereft of ANY idealism, at least they had something to believe in and went for it.....well, they could, ironically because they had the luxury to be able to, courtesy of the hard work of their parents. :) That kind of economic safety cushion is no longer there in today's world, so there is nothing to "reject".