Are you a hippie?
So according to a recent National Survey conducted by Readers Digest in conjunction with The Leading Edge marketing company the hippie revoliution of the 60s coupled with the counter-culture revolution of the leaderless internet has left a suprising influence throughout mainstream society.
Based on a statistically representative sample the survey concluded 97% of Aussies agree with the peacenik rally cry of make love not war
50% of males say reckon bring on free love whilst only 20% of females are keen to get busy with strangers.
Just over 50% of the population likes stripping off, approximately the same percentage that has smoked weed and approximately the same percentage who feel there is NEVER any excuse for war..
60% think society is too materialistic and 41% believe there are too many rules although only 2% actually call themselves hippies..which seems to perpetuate the don't label me attitude common amongst hippies
Around half think there is something to meditation and the same percentage say they "have nothing against hippies but its not their bag"
54% believe we need to get closer to our natural environment and half of us like the idea of living soley with alternative energy..
And the absolute clincher...
90% of females like rainbows
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So
Are you a hippie?
Do you inhale weed more than oxygen and shower less than Jesus?
What exactly is a hippie anyway?
Is it someone with a social conscience as the knee jerk judgemental media machine would indicate?
Has the traditional pejorative been identified as the foundationless distractionary insult that conservative individuals are so fond of?
I reckon
Based on a statistically representative sample the survey concluded 97% of Aussies agree with the peacenik rally cry of make love not war
50% of males say reckon bring on free love whilst only 20% of females are keen to get busy with strangers.
Just over 50% of the population likes stripping off, approximately the same percentage that has smoked weed and approximately the same percentage who feel there is NEVER any excuse for war..
60% think society is too materialistic and 41% believe there are too many rules although only 2% actually call themselves hippies..which seems to perpetuate the don't label me attitude common amongst hippies
Around half think there is something to meditation and the same percentage say they "have nothing against hippies but its not their bag"
54% believe we need to get closer to our natural environment and half of us like the idea of living soley with alternative energy..
And the absolute clincher...
90% of females like rainbows
]
So
Are you a hippie?
Do you inhale weed more than oxygen and shower less than Jesus?
What exactly is a hippie anyway?
Is it someone with a social conscience as the knee jerk judgemental media machine would indicate?
I reckon
Philosophy Blog
That is, there may have been hippy culture and hippy lifestyle, but I don't know if hippy ideas were ever formulated with any precision.
For instance, what does "make love, not war" actually mean? And what does "free love" actually mean?
Nutty Fudgekins
Free love is a rebellion against marriage and hippies didn't form the idea, they were just advocates of a principle put forward by feminists movements as early as the 18th century, stating that legislated marriage was a bandage mechanism used to make a women the property of her husband, he was legally allowed to physically discipline her etc..
The ideals are well known, they were just never officially interpreted as the idea of stipulating ideals that everyone should adhere too goes against the underlying freedom it's based on.
Make love not war is pretty self explanatory innit?
War mongers willl tell you war is a necessary evil, necessary for what?
For the continued oil industry domination?
War is a product of fear
Love is much stronger
But im not talking about the traditional definiton of love..