Forum whore
I was born in the very early 70's & was surrounded by hippies growing up (dunno if my long hair meant I was oneOriginally Posted by Motu
) but yeah they were all luvvy duvvy actually, certainly all my parent hippy friends were, all very chilled out. Anti est. for sure but certainly none of this "I don't back down for no one". You sound like a burn out man, not a true hippy.
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Ultimate keyboard Warrior
I grew up in the 70's, I was surrounded by bikers......
Thinking about it now, I'm thinking thats pretty damn cool.
Forum whore
Then you were born 20 years too late to have seen anything of the real hippie movement, and speak of that whereof you know not.I was born in the very early 70's & was surrounded by hippies growing up (dunno if my long hair meant I was one
Mr Motu is (or was) a genuine hippie all right.
And the hippie movement didn't back down. Remember this was the age of civil rights of the demonstrations at Berkley, anti Vietnam war protests , sit ins, when civil rights was invented
I have seen a hundred or so hippies stage a sit in in the middle of Princes Street outside the University. (sitting in the road blocking it) And police move in to break them up with batons. Whereupon a tight wedge of more hippies charged the police. University students now are timid compliant and subservient to the Man. We weren't .
I remember the University capping bike rides when hundreds (many hundreds) of bikes would ride through the grounds and buildings of every school and government building we could find. Literally, through the buildings, down the corridors. The police tried to prevent it and break us up, but they were too much outnumbered.
I think it was your parents who were the wannabes.
Forum whore
Yeah no kidding old man. Don't act like you know me or my parents old timer
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Forum whore
And it just wasn't ''hippies'' - the was a whole group of young people who weren't having anything to do with what the ''short back and sides,rugby racing and beer,6 o'clock swill,tea and scones'' generation had planned out for them.They ranged from university types to kids who dropped out of high school,to bikies,the motorcycle gangs.Anyone who objected to the Keith Holyoak ideal New Zealander was in the same cause.
So I was a Hippy Biker,I had long hair and dirty clothes,and I rode a dirty noisy motorcycle.We could join one group or the other,accepted all the same.And that's what we are talking about here isn't it? A hippy vegan who rides a motorcycle and races it wearing leather?
Like I said - I don't have a problem with my lifestyle choices,my mind is at ease with no conflict over this.So why does...um,whatzhisname who started this thread have a problem with what someone else does,or thinks?
Forum whore
By your words I know you. Better than you know Mr Motu or I , since we have had many more years to observe and measure such as you. Don't presume to insult others if you do not wish to be repaid in like kind. And when you do, and are, don't whine. That is one of the lessons you must learn as ylou grow up.Yeah no kidding old man. Don't act like you know me or my parents old timer
Forum whore
Bit past your bedtime old man, your starting to dribble
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Forum whore
No, it is customary for adults to relax with a glass of wine, once the children have their nappies changed and are put to bed. Once your parents have settled you we'll open a bottle.
Forum whore
Oh dear. I do not think the nappy will be sufficient. I am *so* sorry for your mother. And the washing machine! It seems that the shit doesn't just come from your arse. I wonder if Treasures do gags?
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
Much more interesting regarding vegans, not ingesting animal produce:
"Spit or swallow?"
And if veganism isn't stupid enough, go look up fruitarians and breatharians... I promise it'll be a laugh!
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Forum whore
Well said gentlemen. I use the word "gentlemen" quite literally because you've responded far more politely than was deserved by a previous poster. Isn't it funny how some supposedly civilsed societies poor scorn on our mature bretheren and other less civilised peoples value their experience and views on life.....it kinda shows how far we haven't come I guess.
As for the hippy thing....they changed the world, challenging the establishment, living an alternative lifestyle. What do we do? Buckle and conform, sign lil' petitions, whinge on an internet forum...real alternative thinkers us (Tui ad)
The same goes for the Vegan/Vegetarian thing. In this day and age there is no justifiable reason why other living creatures should die to give us food. We have the techology and ability to live without killing animals yet we chose to do it anyway, simply because we like the taste. We quibble over killing whales/dolphins/dogs/horses yet we happily chop up cows, sheep, pigs...what's the difference? It's natural to hunt/kill etc you say? Bullshit, we are supposed to be an advanced society and it just shows again how far we haven't come.
Nup, I'm not a vegetarian....but I wish I had the strength to be one...and I take my hat off to all those vegans/vegetarians out there 'cos they are made of sterner stuff than most of us are.
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
I strongly believe that plants have feelings too. They certainly have a life - that can not be contested. Still, I don't see that many people talking about plant rights and mourning the willful murder of plants to accomodate the ravenous hunger of evil mankind.
Tui anyone?Nup, I'm not a vegetarian....but I wish I had the strength to be one...and I take my hat off to all those vegans/vegetarians out there 'cos they are made of sterner stuff than most of us are.
Vegetarianism is all ok in my book, vegans etc. as well. However, don't come and pretend that these lifestyle choices are anything but a LUXURY that we have the freedom to undertake because of international trade and economic strength! I love the ones that are hardline vegetarians, with a moral highground, but still eat fish - because it's not really meat, it's fish... How convenient.
If we was stranded on a remote island I'd consume even you to survive - and I might even wait until you died by yourself.
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Forum whore
When you start crapping on about who was a real hippie & who wasn't (especially about people you know not) you come across as a silly old cunt. I stand by my previous words
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Ultimate keyboard Warrior
ah, You must be from the olden days, when peoples shit didn't stink.
Last of a dying breed
The "We fear what we don't understand......" post? No, did not go over my head. It sort of did not take off. But I do get the impression that you are afraid of many things. Ahhh... Now I get it! You are reaching out! You want a hug?
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