tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post7829207850304693288..comments2023-11-05T04:11:45.663-05:00Comments on Why? What Have You Heard?: forty years ago todayMojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-55756214903206273082010-05-04T22:31:46.312-04:002010-05-04T22:31:46.312-04:00I was a baby, but it is so shocking..... as a teac...I was a baby, but it is so shocking..... as a teacher, an agent of the man I see a need for law and order, but there has to be balance between law and order and an allowance for the force of change. But violence is never the answer. Never. Thanks for this rememberance!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440632162084471888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-423216283546466862010-05-04T19:38:27.022-04:002010-05-04T19:38:27.022-04:00Yes, I was 10. I remember.Yes, I was 10. I remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-78400611042273434062010-05-04T16:09:37.530-04:002010-05-04T16:09:37.530-04:00Mojo: This is my home town and 3 of my children ha...Mojo: This is my home town and 3 of my children have attended there. The fortieth year remembrance is happening today.This Is My Blog - fishing guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826128050970967135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-63582769262610460602010-05-04T15:07:40.853-04:002010-05-04T15:07:40.853-04:00This is one of those songs that worms its way into...This is one of those songs that worms its way into your subconscience and stays there. So powerful.<br /><br />And no, I suspect we haven't learned a damn thing since then.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409530202277375625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-36234862794437814522010-05-04T14:20:48.372-04:002010-05-04T14:20:48.372-04:0040 years ago, wow!40 years ago, wow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-38924091422590408862010-05-04T14:15:03.153-04:002010-05-04T14:15:03.153-04:00I remember that sad day so well and I still have t...I remember that sad day so well and I still have the vinyl somewhere of the album this song is on.Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968919406427737503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-31797307283174357272010-05-04T14:04:35.366-04:002010-05-04T14:04:35.366-04:00I was very aware of this....I lived there then! L...I was very aware of this....I lived there then! Like you....I was young...I'm 51 now. But it was a memory that will never, ever fade.<br /><br />On a happier note....Happy Birthday!!! (I stopped over from Daryl's blog!)bichonpawzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344322575991668081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-63344663608054238542010-05-04T13:10:54.472-04:002010-05-04T13:10:54.472-04:00Oddly this has always been one of my favorite CS&a...Oddly this has always been one of my favorite CS&N songs. It, Kent State, is also what woke my social consciousness ..Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-75776724935138679032010-05-04T12:59:37.792-04:002010-05-04T12:59:37.792-04:00I never forget the anniversary of the Kent State s...I never forget the anniversary of the Kent State shootings for obvious reasons. At 10, the deeper implications were slightly beyond my understanding, but even then I could grasp the idea that unarmed students being gunned down was inherently <i>wrong</i>.<br /><br />With the country mired in yet another war that is every bit as un-winnable as Vietnam, I wonder if we've learned a damn thing.Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717405548205026477.post-85209811598092406262010-05-04T12:55:10.600-04:002010-05-04T12:55:10.600-04:00I was fourteen when this happened, and it is one o...I was fourteen when this happened, and it is one of those events one never forgets. The famous photograph of the girl with the horrified expression is one of two I especially remember from that time, the other being the famous shot of someone holding a gun to a Viet Namese man's head.<br /><br />The line "should have been done long ago" stands out for me. A lot of the older generation felt that way at the time, which only goes to show how deep the generation gap ran.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.com