re: All things considered, do you think the 1960s were positive for society?

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. I ask you this: is life, society, or the world better now then it was before the 60's?

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For African-Americans, what do you think? I'd say it is subjective. Life and society is definitely better for a huge chunk of the American population who were marginalized and discriminated against violently in that pristine, perfect 1950's America. That America was more conditioning BS that my parent's generation swallowed hook, line and sinker. My generation came of age in a post Watergate and Vietnam era. We saw the anger and discontent and were completely cynical about our government from a young age. Literally my first memories of childhood are the Watergate Hearings. Then the hostage crisis in Iran. It was just one thing after another.

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Who's authority? Your parent's, the government's, God's, all of them? Questioning authority is very different then completely rebeling against norms and customs that have been established to protect the individual, as well as society. The 60's had a huge impact on America - some positive, most negative. I ask you this: is life, society, or the world better now then it was before the 60's?

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There is nothing wrong with questioning all types of authority, and it is almost always a good thing. If authority operated reasonably in the eyes of the people, there would be no purpose to question them.

I don't know if the world is a better place because of the sixties, but I know that because of the sixties the draft is never coming back. I do believe the sixties started the prison complex though, which is not good by any stretch.

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BTW, what's up with your personal identifiers? Mark Twain with Wahlberg's body? "The Third Leg" moniker, coupled with the Southern Miss symbol - are you aspiring to be Mississippi's version of Andy Warhol?

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That's a genuine, trademarked Iowa Tigerhawk, partner; it is not the stolen intellectual property of Southern Miss.