The Generation Gap-WHY? - Herbert W. Armstrong

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6 about the future? Ask THEM, and find out! Yo ut h Has Reasons They'll tell you a var iety of reasons - and most of them quite valid. First and foremost, they will tell you they hate ""AR. T hey'll tell you they RESENT being told about the "bomb" and the space race, They'll inform you THEY. the teen-agers and students, haven't got any grudg es against the Russians, Chinese, N orth Vietnamese Of any other hu man beings. And they'll probably launch into a rather long and involved d iscussion on these various pr inciples based on what they have heard, read, or seen from their "peers" and from other youths like themselves. You'll hear words like "honesty," even when mix ed wit h sex - honesty in admitt ing what they are, what they' re doing, and what they believe. And why the talk about honesty ? Simp ly because they have discovered they live in a dishonest world , Most people around them, from businessmen to political leaders, seem to pretend to be one thing - and are usually another. From the sensational "inside" story books, they read of the chicanery in government, business, industry, finance, and education, From the blatantly lurid motion pictures, they sec the examples of adult aberrations, crime, violence, perverted sex, or the glorification of war, In the classroom , they may be listening to non -teachers, or ultra-liberal professors who philosophize about God, sex, and government. From the prop onents of hippieism, they hear "a little pot never hurt anybody." If they're male - they face the draft. Female, and they wond er about where any real happiness and security is foun d in a nutty world like ours. O ut of college, out of high school, they're d isillusioned, frustrated, "tu rned off" toward their parents, teachers, and all society. In college, thousands of them revolt, demand different classes, new professors, racist lecturers, liberalization of dormitory rules or the removal fro m campu s of the chancello r. Never In history have so many Tb e PLAIN TRUT H nations been so on the defensive before their own youth. In France, youthful demonstrators triggered nationw ide strikes that nearly toppled President de Gaulle, brought the French economy to a virtu al standstill. In Mexico, near civil war cond itions prevailed prior to the opening of the Olympic Games, with dissident student demonstrators sniping at pol ice in riotous melees which left a large number dead, wounded and in jail. In Britain, huge anti-American, ant i Vietnam \X'ar demo nstrations, bombings, destruction of property and rioting were increasingly in the news. Students were rioting in Germany, in Czechoslovakia, in Japan, in Greece, and in Jordan and Egypt. In the Un ited States, it's a time of d issent, unrest, violence and rioting for America's college and university campuses, Rebellion. Dissent. Rejection. Riot. These are the headlines of today that seem to rhyme with "youth" and "student." But W HY? Is there any overall cohesiveness to these youthful revolts ? Is there any world wide significance? N ot All Fro m the Same Causes Those who riot in Egypt against " Israeli Agg ression" are obviously not rioting for the same reasons as British hip pies against the war in Vietnam. The yippies in Chicago were obviously not rioting and demonstrating for the same reasons as the youth ful Negroes of W ashington, D. C , following the assassination of Dr . Martin Luther King. But whether French, Japanese, American or Scand inavian - there is a great deal youthful dissidents have in common. They share a common wn rld. They see a common threat to their fut ure. They fear a common fate. On e thing is sure, Th e time is long past when youth ful students can be told to quietly study their books, and leave the decisions to their leaders and elders. Recognizing the power of shock tactics, of terror and violence, many N ovember, 1968 millions of youths the world over have joined or formed various youth organizations. Many of them are Communist. Others are Communist-infiltrated. Some are paramilitary - others are just for free sex. Some are "d rop-out" and "don't care" in attituJe - and oth ers are obvious ly politically activist. But whether challen ging their own government, on the local, state, or Federal level, or challengi ng their schools, their parents, or their churches - today's youth seems bent on challenging. Determined to protest. Dedicated to revolt. O ne of the Common Causes The most important worldwide cause of youthf ul unrest and feelings of resentment is one shared by all hum anity. It is the simple fact of today. Today we face a world divided against itself, possessing enough nuclear capacity for the destruction of more than 44 worlds like ours; with hot wars and cold wars, mounting liberalism and promiscuity, the double standard and overcrowding, pornog raphy and the pill; the promises of government and the failure of parents. At his earliest moments of awareness, each youth, whether living in Japan or New Eng land, is taug ht about the world he lives in. An d he beg ins to ask, "But why ME? W hy NO""?" He begins to wonder - "But why didn't they ask ME about it ? Why are you telling me this is my worldwhen I had no hand in making it so ?" Can the average t a-yea r-old help resenting the news that his world , and his future, can blow up at any moment ? Can the average teen-age draftee HEL P resenting a worl d filled with fights not of his making; problems not of his creation; frustrations beyond his solving ? Very qu ickly, after beginning to learn of the imagination-staggering plight of this modern world, a teenage r begins asking himself "WHY?" He wond ers HOW the world GOT this ( Continued 0 11 page 44)
Who is REAllY for "Law and Order"? Who WILL bring " law and order" to our society? What is the ANSWER to the most disquieting domestic crisis of this century? by Roderick C. Me redith et A rising contempt of and disn regard f ~r law and order lies at the heart of the growing violence in America today," says ]. Edgar Hoover. Why ? What has go ne wrong with Ameri can, British and other Western sooeties? In the United States- Why is it un safe for so many Americans to walk on their streets at night ? Why is the Can ad ian and British crime rate also spiralling upward? A Situation of CRISIS Overall, the FBI reports crime in the United States rose 21% during the first six months of 1968 over the corresponding months in 1967. Armed robberies increased 340/0 du ring this period. Violent crimes of murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault increased 21% as a group. From Vancouver, British Columbia, Police Chief Ralph Booth reported that major crime in Vancouver increased by eleven percent last year. He said the 1967 increase compared with an increase of only three percent in 1966. W riting in the London Daily Express, Percy Hoskins stated earlier this year: "London in the late 1960's could become a mini-version of the Chicago of the 1930' s if violence continues to increase at its present rate. Already, after only 43 days of 1968 the trend is alarmingly clear. Last year, crimes of brutality, particularly when 90 80 70 60 so 40 30 20 10 62 1960-1967 63 / 64 r ",:' rIJ r; [lCJJ1: I ~ - 65 -Ii' 66 I 'I I l;{!J.;l/I v' f,lh ~ I ....-:. :~,=--:j::'-:-\- 1960 61 ~ , i~ I I I " 67
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