File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9907, message 639


Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:22:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jamal Hannah x342446 <jah-AT-parsons.iww.org>
Subject: Re: An Explosive End For Woodstock '99 (Burning and Looting)


On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Mark S. Weiss wrote:

> Quite a bit about the generations can be gleaned from dress. In vogue
> among Generation X-ers is the garb of gutless gangsters. You know, the
> baggy pants and all. It's enough to make one puke. Our long hair (i.e.,
> "freak flag") was symbolic of something more respectable than
> idendification with a criminal culture. Now, the criminal culture has
> become "cool."  I say: Fuck all those who are apart of that!
> 
> Mark

This sort of dress isnt neccesarily about gangsters, but about respect for
the underclass. The status quo can put them down all they like, but we
show our disrespect for the powers that be by elevating the aspects of
culture they dispise. (hippies, punks, and gangstas)

 - Jamal



   

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