Judith Martin | 08/13/2009 8:50 am
Judith Martin on People Who Just Wanted to Get Stoned and Hug
In response to: This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival. Did you go? If you didn't what did you feel about it?
In the 1960s, we had no trouble finding mass events with a binding and uplifting spirit: civil rights demonstrations, antiwar protests, feminist marches. We were not in the mood to be charmed by people who just wanted to get stoned and hug (or whatever) one another.
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