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[markeee]

tonyblair, on 26 May 2012 - 07:29 PM, said:

yea..

they're not hippies

they're capitalists... a rather fundamental detail

but as  Mardy said..there are people who would claim to be hippies/alternative living types..but then  do that - I know they arent hippies

are there any true genuine hippies at glasto still?!

[tonyblair]

markeee, on 26 May 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

but as  Mardy said..there are people who would claim to be hippies/alternative living types..but then  do that - I know they arent hippies

there are bastards who say they aren't... there are racists who say they aren't... whatever they say they are doesn't change what they are

markeee, on 26 May 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

are there any true genuine hippies at glasto still?!

what's a 'genuine' hippy?

[markeee]

tonyblair, on 26 May 2012 - 07:43 PM, said:

there are bastards who say they aren't... there are racists who say they aren't... whatever they say they are doesn't change what they are

what's a 'genuine' hippy?

well I don't know how to define a 'genuone hippy' but its obvious who isnt one I'm not one and never say I am -
doesnt really matter anyway

[Mardy]

It's a good question. I'd probably suggest that the closet thing there are to people living the hippie ideal are those in a self sustaining community somewhere, but they're very unlikely to be at Glastonbury (for a whole variety of reasons). My problem is more that the public perception many people have of them are those people who I referred to in my earlier post. That 'funny old fella who runs the record stall down the market' type of character. He probably sees himself as a bit of hippy and is referred to by most people in the same way. But to me, he isn't. It's a problem both of self perception (as tony blair identifies) and external recognition.

sorry, bit early on a Sunday for me to be pouring out this badly thought out nonsense. I'm off for a brew.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Mardy, on 27 May 2012 - 07:59 AM, said:

It's a good question. I'd probably suggest that the closet thing there are to people living the hippie ideal are those in a self sustaining community somewhere, but they're very unlikely to be at Glastonbury (for a whole variety of reasons). My problem is more that the public perception many people have of them are those people who I referred to in my earlier post. That 'funny old fella who runs the record stall down the market' type of character. He probably sees himself as a bit of hippy and is referred to by most people in the same way. But to me, he isn't. It's a problem both of self perception (as tony blair identifies) and external recognition.

sorry, bit early on a Sunday for me to be pouring out this badly thought out nonsense. I'm off for a brew.

A little lost. Are you saying that people that live in a city, or those with jobs, cant be a "hippy"?