Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site philabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!dpb From: dpb@philabs.UUCP (Paul Benjamin) Newsgroups: net.singles,junk Subject: Re: Re: What is a yuppie? Message-ID: <505@philabs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 14:06:47 EST Article-I.D.: philabs.505 Posted: Tue Nov 12 14:06:47 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 04:41:46 EST References: <1454@hound.UUCP> <2017@pyuxd.UUCP> <1246@ihuxn.UUCP> <550@unc.unc.UUCP> Organization: Philips Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY Lines: 45 Xref: linus net.singles:8589 junk:2877 > Ken Perlow (Gadfly) writes (about the '60s): > >--Even back then, we knew damn well that we'd wind up compromising > >a number of our oh-so-lofty principles, round off a few of the rough > >edges here and there. But never, *never*, did any of us ever suspect > >that our whole generation en masse would throw away the very essence > >of the progressive ideals it held dear and spit on them. > > > >I'm talking to *you*, Mr/Ms 35-year-old, used-to-know-all-six-verses- > >of-Solidarity-Forever activist-turned-fiscal-conservative, a/k/a > >"libertarian", a/k/a "objectivist". You're so spineless you couldn't > >stand the cognitive dissonance associated with possessing both a portfolio > >and principles. So there you sit, materially well-off but morally > >bankrupt. > > Get real, will ya'? Lofty principles and ideals of the 60's? > Give me a break! Most of the 60's youth didn't even understand > the slogans they spouted. Speak for yourself. Don't try to tell me what I said and understood. You don't even know me, and I'm sure you don't know each of the other millions. > It was merely fashion -- the cool thing > to do at the time (and if you weren't cool, how could you hope > to get laid?). Is being cool the only way you know to get laid? Can't you conceive of other motivations for wanting to end war, poverty, and hatred? You may easily criticize the students of the '60's as naive, and their proposed solutions as simplistic, but most of the people I knew had legitimate motivations. > Sure, a few of the New Left (read "communist") yippies > knew what they were doing, but for most of the rest, it was just > one big party. Seeing a few old films like "Getting Straight" > (starring Elliot Gould and Candice Bergen) or "Fritz the Cat" > (starring himself) will set you straight about the motivations > and concerns of that time. > Frank Silbermann Ah yes, the Hollywood syndrome. Do you believe everything Hollywood says? You must like your reality packaged nicely on a videotape. Perhaps this is another definition of a yuppie. Paul Benjamin