It was George Santayana who wrote, "Those that cannot remember the Past are condemned to repeat it." . It can be found in his Life of Reason, which he penned in 1905, [according to my search engine 'Co-Pilot'] . I have used his observation extensively and obviously consider it Truth , but is it >True< in all cases and in all instances ?
My Generation protested Viet Nam . The Protesting was national, meaning EVERY College and University Protested and the FEELING that the War was UN-JUSTIFIED was ubiquitous . Ya-wanna believe that the FEELING produced by War is Universal, and should be Condemned BY EVERYONE including those Students of Academia . So what happened ? Why haven't they Protested ?
In the previous blog I mentioned My Generation and the uneasy sensation I experienced because of a Thought that MY Generation was "at fault" for what appears as 'Academic Apathy' . These Students, these kids, ARE the offspring of one-time hippies gone the way of Yuppification --- OF COURSE MY Generation is at Fault, who else COULD IT BE ???
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