Everyone has a history and a background of experiences which color their lives, no matter the decade or century of their birth. What is obvious too is that certain periods have had a profounder effect than others. The lack of closure is common to the 60's generation.

Certainly there are many who went on untroubled by events and experiences of the times, but for most of us that is not true. It doesn't mean we aren't functional people. It does mean we see the world in a light colored by events uncommon to other age groups. Can we ever completely close the door? No, nor should we, but I recall Jim Kunen writing that "every revolution leaves a trail of screwed in its wake." This particular upheaval left the majority of us "screwed in its wake." We're functional, but we continue to ask what might have been.

Spaw--CEO, Neil Young Center for the Terminally Screwed