It's war.

[VanGoghRocks]

60. Your post is triggering all sorts of memories for me. I was a little boy then, about 8 years old. My

parents did not own a TV but, it being summer, we had gone to my grandparents in (ironically, now) St. Louis that August for summer vacation. My grandparents did have a TV, a monstrous black and white that was as much furniture as AV equipment. I remember seeing the police riots happening and not understanding what I was seeing but understanding all too well my very-Conservative grandfather saying "They're (hippies) getting what they deserve" while my parents both looked on in shock and horror. My aunt (who is only about 8 years older than I) was a young teenager and was very hip -- she gave me my first Peter, Paul & Mary album and first Beatles album -- was on the side of the protesters even if family dynamics prevented her from voicing her feelings too stridently.

As you were there, I tip my hat to a modern American hero. If you're interested, there's a wonderful documentary about the anti-war movement in Madison, WI called "The War at Home." I have no idea if it's available from NetFlix or Amazon, but it still bears watching.