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The parents of the youth of the 1960's were very straight, very much nationalistic and conservative, in light of a general heroicism accompanied with the outcome of WW2. Throughout th 1960's a movement swept the youth which seems to be much more powerful than today, because of the fact that there was a distinct deviation from a mainstream class. People heroically and dangerously protested what was then an extremely conservative america. They promoted peace, rallied, and most importantly "joined for the common good," againt the government. The unfortunate result was a war which was NOT ended by protest but went on for a decade more in spite of the biggest protest america had ever seen.

Here we all are, angry with dissent, or feeling an apathy which we cannot rid.
I would like to point out that this is because we are not distinctly divided like our parent's generation. More importantly, we use the term "war" as if we actually are. We are not at war any longer. This is the OCCUPATION of a territory. We do not see an end in sight. This is exactly why young americans are finding themselves apathetic to the OCCUPATION of Iraq. There is no specific goal under the bush regime's OCCUPATION. We do not see daily news stories of the situation in iraq/afghanistan because we hae nothing to be proud about nor anything to look forward to. Dont feel sad that you dont have any emotion, if the government wanted you to have it, they would give it to you.(irony)

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