Pubdate: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 Source: Spokesman-Review (WA) Copyright: 2000 Cowles Publishing Company Contact: P.O. Box 2160 Spokane, WA 99210 Fax: (509) 459-5482 Website: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/ Forum: http://cg.zip2.com/spokane/scripts/community.dll?ep1 Author: Bernard E. Bobb TODAY'S DRUG PLAGUE STEMS FROM '60S Golden Pen The methamphetamine series was horrifying, as is also, of course, the broader plague of drugs in America with all it attendant consequences. In searching for the "why" of the situation, isn't it proper to ask what are the origins of this vicious and devastating phenomenon? Remember the guru Timothy Leary? Remember "Tune in, turn on, drop out"? Remember "If it feels good do it"? Remember Woodstock? These are merely part of the behavioral package that was ultimately delivered to the American people during and after the 1960s. Behold the legacy of that generation. They have given us political correctness, a denial of freedom of speech and thought; deconstruction and relativism, making a mockery of the concept of "truth." A hate-filled program ironically aimed at ending "hate," with their definition of what constitutes this particular crime. This means that there is good hate and bad hate. They hate intolerance. An acceptance of the belief that the ends justify the means. Intellectual dishonesty now camouflaged as spin. "Do as I say, not as I do." These believers are now the movers and shakers who currently dominate our lives. They control the school systems, the majority of the media, most of the governmental structure. Smug and arrogant, they divert criticism by offering evidence of the good they have done, some of which I agree with. But let them also stand up and acknowledge and remedy the negative consequences of their philosophy and its current laws. Deliver us from Haight Ashbury. Bernard E. Bobb Pullman - --- MAP posted-by: greg