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    FS> I disagree.  Lyndon Johnson's beloved Vietnam "war" caused a general   
    FS> distrust of government, followed by a distrust of *all* authority.   
    FS> Then the so-called "counter culture" came up with expressions later   
    FS> dubbed "politically-correct", i.e., those expressions they agreed with.   
      
   Here we agree. :)  Looking back I have no problem spotting just when most lost   
   faith with the government - and it's that damn VN war.   
      
   I'd go even a bit farther in defining it:  The draft.   
      
   When it became evident that the sons of the upper class could escape, thus   
   leaving only the poor subject to it, that became a big divisor.  That's why so   
   many young men fled to Canada, and was really the first time the powers   
   couldn't rally the masses to the cause. (What the hell ever that was?)   
      
   WWII had young men flocking to enlist - MOST did in fact, but of course others   
   waiting for the call from the friendly draft board. :)   
      
   Next was the K thing.  Here the first wave was reserves called back, don't   
   recall a lot of enlisting, but of course the draft caught us.   
      
   Then the VN thing, and I'm at a loss to figure out just what happened there.     
      
      
   Oh, have to add the 2k election - odd how the beat about your vote counts kinda   
   died down after that one. :)   
      
      
          
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