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The Young Hippies<\/font><\/b>\n<\/p>\n There’s a whole generation with a new explanation.<\/b> <\/center><\/p>\n I was very surprised to find when I started Hippyland that I wasn’t
\n
John Phillips\/Scott McKenzie (San Francisco)<\/p>\n
\njust attracting old hippies like myself. There seems to be a large contingent
\nof young people who consider themselves hippies. If Hippyland is any indication,
\nthey are legion. In fact, 85% of Hippyland’s huge audience is under 30.
\nWhat does this mean? To me it means the time is right for the second coming\u2026.of
\nhippies. From what I can see, this new group from another generation has
\nwhat it takes.
\n
The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.<\/b>
\n
John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
This new cohort of hippies is facing the same trials and tribulations
\nwe did, excluding Vietnam. Our mail indicates that these people view Hippyland
\nas an island refuge in a sea of intolerance, apathy, hypocrisy, and violence.
\nOn Hippyland they can express themselves, communicate with others of their
\nspecies, learn more about hippies, form communities and evolve.
\n
Get up, stand up! Stand up for your right! Don’t give up the fight! <\/b>
\n
Bob Marley (Get Up, Stand Up!)<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
From the rants on the Protest Page and in Hippyland’s forums, it appears
\nthat intolerance is rampant especially among young people. Young hippies
\nfeel discrimination, rejection, even humiliation from their peers. It’s
\nas politically incorrect to be a hippy these days as it ever was. In fact
\nnon-conformity leads to alienation which can lead to worse things, like
\nviolence. Take Columbine High School as a good example.
\n
Cannot believe what I see.<\/b>
\n
All I have wished for will be.<\/b>
\n
All our race proud and free.<\/b>
\n
Donovan (Wear Your Love Like Heaven)<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
Yet these young hippies continue to go out among their cohorts spreading
\nthe simple message of love and peace. Unfortunately, many feel alone. In
\nsmall towns they often stand out like a Peter Max poster in a funeral home.
\nThey long for acceptance. Once they discover other hippies their age that
\nthey can talk to (often on the Internet), they find the courage to face
\nthe intolerance of their home towns.
\n
When others demand that we become the people they want us to be,
\nthey force us to destroy the person we really are. It’s a subtle kind of
\nmurder. The most loving parents and relatives commit this murder with smiles
\non their faces.<\/b>
\n
Jim Morrison<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
Like the hippies before them, they long for community, and are willing
\nto uproot themselves from home and family to find it. Many are seeking
\nout communes, forming drum circles, starting websites, traveling around
\nthe country and the world, seeking freedom and fellowship.
\n
Question Authority!<\/b>
\n
hippie button<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
Many of these young hippies, amazingly are anti-drug. A few of them
\nhave really good reasons, but for many it’s still an indication of the
\nindoctrination from the anti-drug programs at school. These individuals
\nlump all drugs in the same category, and can’t distinguish among soft,
\nhard, prescription, and those accepted by society like alcohol and tobacco.
\nThey see all illegal drugs as dangerous or deadly. Many grow out of this
\nprejudice and open their minds. It’s not necessary to do drugs to be a
\nhippy, but tolerance and understanding about drugs is essential.\n<\/p>\n
So who are these young hippies? From what I can determine, they’re a
\nvery diverse group who arrived on the hippy scene via different paths.
\nThere’s ravers, wiccans, punks, pagans, and a lot of Christians. Most are
\nAmerican but there’s lots of Canadians, English, Dutch, German, Swedish,
\nRussians, Czech, Brazilians even Japanese. In fact just about every country
\nhas hippies (source: Hippyland’s logs).\n<\/p>\n
What are these young folk into? Let’s examine two groups, the ravers
\nand punks, and their lifestyles. The rave scene is highly developed in
\nEurope. Indoor and outdoor venues cater to a mostly young crowd who come
\nto experience the electronic music, their friends, and certain psychedelic
\ndrugs. The music varies from light trance to heavy hardcore with 160 beats
\nper minute. The bass registers in your gut and you can’t help but move
\nto it, while the rhythm and synthetic sounds put you in a hypnotic state.
\nThe feeling of dancing to the heavy house beat of a different drummer with
\nhundreds or thousands of others is an energizing, uplifting high in itself.
\nUnder the influence of Ecstacy, Mushrooms, or LSD it’s like merging into
\na group mind.\n<\/p>\n
The ravers are a natural progression from the hippies and represent
\nthe Kesey school of experiencing the world (albeit an artificial one) under
\nthe influence of psychedelics. Like the ’60s acid tests, the group experience
\nis what’s important here. Fortunately ravers don’t drink a lot of alcohol
\nsince it doesn’t mesh well with other drugs, so you don’t get the aggression
\nof a Woodstock ’99 mosh pit.\n<\/p>\n
The rave scene is segmented not just by the variety of music and drugs
\nbut by attitude. There’s an interesting offshoot called candy ravers. They
\nlike their candy (drugs), but they also subscribe to a philosophy that
\ngoes by the acronym PLUR, which stands for Peace, Love, Understanding and
\nRespect. They’ve formed a tight, loving community. These young ravers have
\nthe hippy spirit and are eager to learn more and join forces with other
\nhippies.\n<\/p>\n
Many punks follow the hippy philosophy, with their own radical twists.
\nThey reject the existing system and authority. Many adopt alternative lifestyles,
\nsome even eschewing drugs and alcohol (straight edge punks). They are dissatisfied
\nwith the social program and the limited opportunities available since most
\nrestrict their freedom. Their attitude and extreme dress (not to mention
\nthings like piercings) make them stand out as easy targets for scorn and
\nridicule (like hippies). Their loud music is full of important messages
\nthat need to be heard. Unfortunately, even us old hippies have trouble
\nlistening to it, just like our parents and our music.\n<\/p>\n
I think many of these punks whose philosophy is non-violent, but seek
\nchange and freedom are certainly welcome among hippies. They may dress
\nweird, listen to different music, and have unusual lifestyles, but as long
\nas their attitude is one of cooperation and respect they can be a part
\nof the movement. In fact they might be the ones to challenge our tolerance,
\nour values, and our agenda, forcing us to re-evaluate our own philosophy.
\nThis is healthy and should be encouraged.
\n
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; <\/b>
\n
all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.<\/b>
\n
Charles Bukowski<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
If you subscribe to Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development,
\nwhich says that moral development is conditional upon being exposed to
\nrole models that exhibit different levels of morality, then you might have
\nsome hope for humanity. Then we can assume that young people, if exposed
\nto higher levels of morality, will adopt that morality. There is no limit
\nto how far we can go, so long as we have appropriate models to learn from.
\n
Keep the Faith! <\/b>
\n
Unknown<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
The crisis in morality that we are facing today is due to the lack of
\ngood role models for young people. Let’s see\u2026 We have a president who lies
\nto the public and to his family. We have the richest man in the world whose
\nidea of success is to crush his rivals, dominate an industry, and has so
\nmuch money that he hasn’t a clue what to do with it (although he is now
\ncoming around). We have minority sports figures who hawk clothes and get
\npaid more just for the use of their name and face than all the people in
\nthird world countries making those clothes. We have another man running
\nfor president who refuses to acknowledge his own drug use, yet passes more
\nstringent drug laws that would’ve put him in prison. In ghettos, we have
\ndrug dealers as the most successful role models.\n<\/p>\n
So what do we get? We get a government that lies to its people to control
\nthem. We get industry that pursues short-term profits regardless of long-term
\ndamage to world ecology. We get children killing each other in school because
\nof social ostracism for non-conformity. We get jails full of people doing
\ntime for victimless drug crimes.\n<\/p>\n
The solution? A revolution in education is required. Every child should
\nhave a number of options available for education. Self-education must be
\nencouraged so each child can pursue his or her interests apart from the
\nmajority. Self-pacing is essential so each student can absorb knowledge
\nas quickly or slowly as necessary without waiting for others or failing
\nto keep up. Communication between student and teachers (one student might
\nhave a number of teachers in one subject) will become more direct, more
\nfrequent and more effective. Thanks to the technology available now (computers
\nand the Internet), this is not only possible but the most efficient system
\nfor education. These changes will minimize the typical brainwashing we’ve
\nbeen putting our children through. We are about to witness the most significant
\nchange in education, EVER! (Pluto in Sagittarius for the next 20 odd years
\nwill make it so).\n<\/p>\n
It’s going to take a revolution in education, (one that includes morality
\nand ethics as well as appropriate role models like hippies), coordination
\nand communication, and unification of hippies young and old (via sites
\nlike Hippyland) to create a vibrant atmosphere for another movement. So
\nlet’s join forces with these Young Hippies and set a new agenda for the
\nmillennium.
\n
A Message to Young Hippies<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n <\/center><\/p>\n Now is the time for all young hippies to come to the aid of their planet. We, the old, tired hippies offer you a pact. We offer you our wisdom, We must develop an agenda for the new millennium. We must save our planet.
\nYes, I mean that. We need you now! I know you’re young, inexperienced and
\nunsure of yourselves. Our society has a plan for each of you. You can conform
\nand be a part of the system, or you can discover who you really are, and
\nexpress your unique individuality. The system has little tolerance for
\nself-expression if it veers beyond the acceptable conformity. You’ve probably
\nalready experienced the alienation this engenders.\n<\/p>\n
\nour resources (yes, some of us have money), our considerable skills, our
\ntime and attention. In return you provide us your enthusiasm, your energy,
\nyour voices, your concerns. We can teach you our ways, you can teach us
\nyours. Together we must discuss, organize, prioritize, coordinate, motivate,
\nand activate our brethren.\n<\/p>\n
\nWe must demand tolerance. We must fight injustice. We must change the system.
\nWe must take only what we need. We must be examples to others. We must
\nshow them how futile and wasteful their programmed lives are. We must promote
\nPLUR, Peace, Love, Understanding and Respect.
\n
A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.<\/b>
\n
Jim Morrison<\/p>\n
<\/center><\/p>\n
We tired old hippies embrace you, surround you with LOVE, welcome you
\ninto our community, and initiate you into the tribe. You have a peer group
\nwithout peer. We are your true family. Two (or three) generations together
\ncan do far more than one generation could possibly dream. We have a great
\ndeal of unfinished business that needs tending. Time is running out for
\nthose who want to make a difference. Join us, and together we will change
\nthe world for the better.\n<\/p>\n
Hippyland is just one place where we can meet and make our plans. Hippies
\nof all ages are welcome. Online communities are forming now. It’s your
\nlife, your planet, your future.<\/p>\n
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