Comments on: The attitude of mocking

By: Velska

Velska — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:28:58 +0000

I had the same kind of childhood and influences, only without your parents’ strictures. The result was naturally that the party scene was very much a part of my life.

Then I got religion. I sobered up, and lost my friends, but I have made lots of new ones. The best thing that ever happened to me.

But I still like the music. All of the bands you listed and some more. By the 1990s the music was history. It was all about how you looked on MTV. Bummer.

–velska

P.S. I watched a concert some time ago. It was Carlos Santana & band in Fillmore Hall in SF, CA. Between the 11 guys they sported 1 visible piercing and zero visible tattoos. So not everyone follows the stereotype. Carlos has not been celebrating drugs for 45 years, he’s been celebrating good music.

By: Euripides

Euripides — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:09:01 +0000

Oh man! Are you saying that Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin are the reason I turned out the way I am? That goes a long way in explaining my “charming” nature….

One thing you missed is that the 60s drug culture, with all of its hope for a future and better living through chemistry, turned into the 70s drug culture. The 70s had all of the shame of drug abuse with despair and cynicism attached.

By: Crusty

Crusty — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:52:23 +0000

“They opposed nuclear weapons and war, and even nuclear power in general. They opposed political and social orthodoxy and rejected doctrinal ideology while seeking new meaning and value.

They favored peace, love, and personal freedom, perceiving the dominant culture as a corrupt, monolithic entity that exercised undue power over their lives. For hippies, it was “whatever” and “anything goes” as long as you don’t hurt anybody else.”

That sounds really good to me…it’s hard to argue against that. Actually, that sort of epitomizes another radical, socially defiant, peace-loving, rebel I’ve heard of…Jesus Christ. It’s not that I (or Jesus) believe people SHOULD do whatever they want, as long as they don’t harm other people; I just believe people should BE ABLE TO DO what they want, if that’s what they CHOOSE to do (free agency, free choice, personal accountability, responsibility, etc.). Remember, it was the devil that wanted to limit people’s ability to make unwise, unrighteous decisions.

That being said, maybe the people in the great and spacious building aren’t necessarily mocking “righteous people” because they choose to live a certain way; maybe they are mocking “righteous people” because “righteous people” want to violently force their beliefs on other people. They mock because they feel threatened. They feel threatened because of real, past, personal experience.

You would be hard-pressed to find someone, even someone from the great and spacious building, who would want to mock and scorn people who quietly live righteous lives, without trying to impose their beliefs on other people.

I’m glad you’ve finally posted. I’ve missed your blog. How’s your wife? I hope her health is improving.

–Crusty

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:35:04 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing a part of your personal life. Your example of learning from the past was inspiring to me. I hope all is well. You and your wife are in my prayers brother Malone!

By: S.Faux

S.Faux — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:10:37 +0000

Tim, you and I grew up in the same Southern California environment in the sixties. I still love much of the rock n’ roll from that time period. Fortunately, I never got into the drugs or alcohol. Thank goodness we were preserved, somehow. It was quite a time.

I hope Carol is doing well.