tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post2112686564233376345..comments2023-10-02T07:55:24.415-04:00Comments on Words Matter: Durham detritusJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-25927977213248107112008-08-03T02:00:00.000-04:002008-08-03T02:00:00.000-04:00I'm reminded of a couple of things while reading J...I'm reminded of a couple of things while reading Jim's sad story of where we've come to. Heard Chris Matthews during his appearance on Leno recently "quip" that everyone should listen to their kids...[and vote accordingly?] I seem to have heard that song before...like the generation of '68 out did their parents in raising considerate offspring, and have a monopoly on caring...That was about when the largest generation of kids ever got to go to college were taught there that all that came before them was devoid of wisdom, to be jettisoned. That they had come upon The Way, and no one over 30 is to be trusted. <BR/><BR/>Just when I heard Matthews, I recalled that I saw "Alice's Restaurant", broadcast not too long ago, and my suffering through only to compare each of the scenes with how I remembered them. I never found Arlo dumping the trash out of his VW Bus in the Birkshires and all the smug snarkyness at being hauled into court to be helpful in forming any sympathy with a world view 'we'll find our own way' 'leave those kids alone' 'Imagine all the People' and the like. I wonder, yes I'm wondering if Matthews would turn a car around if he saw trash tossed out the window, or just roll his eyes in the rear view mirror, and vainly whine a tepid "awe come on guys....don't you know better than that?" towards the back seat... image of what was to become now it is with some irony that they who thought that everyone should listen to their omniscient youthful observations are about old enough to collect their pensions. And even that will join the list of things we don't appreciate until it is lost. Many were busy buying some nice cars, houses, and paying Psychiatrists to see what made their kid's so sullen. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure which was more tedious seeing that movie yet again, or reading Gibbons one hit wonder, on world history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com