And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The picture does not fully depict the glory that were Jarts. I suppose that is true for all the pictures. So, just repeating what Anonymous said above.
In those days the gene pool was fairly clean. Minor mistakes could be deadly back then and were on a regular basis. Much more freedom as well. Don't want to wear a helmet? then don't. Seat belt? Up to you if you had them. Car seats? Never heard of those. Wanna buy a gun? No problem. Jarts? We knew from rocks and sticks that the landing zone was off limits to fin stabilized metal tipped spears. Now we have less freedom and the gene pool needs a serious flush.
And then, the Nanny-State took over. The 70's, as well as the 60's, were wonderful years to be growing up! Such a shame that we'll never see the likes of that again. Here's to all of you that got to live it!
I'm old enough to remember my beautiful friend falling out of the back of a truck onto her face. Luckily on a back woods dirt road and not the pavement. After the plastic surgery she was still pretty but not as gorgeous as before.
you would have just had to have been there to appreciate it. all fun, no fear.
ReplyDeletemen were men and the women were awesome.
The picture does not fully depict the glory that were Jarts. I suppose that is true for all the pictures. So, just repeating what Anonymous said above.
ReplyDeleteJarts was a ton of fun.
ReplyDeleteI know of stories of people getting hurt by them, but we never did.
In those days the gene pool was fairly clean. Minor mistakes could be deadly back then and were on a regular basis. Much more freedom as well. Don't want to wear a helmet? then don't. Seat belt? Up to you if you had them. Car seats? Never heard of those. Wanna buy a gun? No problem. Jarts? We knew from rocks and sticks that the landing zone was off limits to fin stabilized metal tipped spears. Now we have less freedom and the gene pool needs a serious flush.
ReplyDeleteAnd then, the Nanny-State took over. The 70's, as well as the 60's, were wonderful years to be growing up! Such a shame that we'll never see the likes of that again. Here's to all of you that got to live it!
ReplyDeleteI'm old enough to remember my beautiful friend falling out of the back of a truck onto her face.
ReplyDeleteLuckily on a back woods dirt road and not the pavement.
After the plastic surgery she was still pretty but not as gorgeous as before.
My brother playing chicken got a knife clean through his foot.
ReplyDeleteI remember bike helmets and knee pads started being sold then.
ReplyDeleteWe laughed and laughed at those who wore them. Nerd! Wus!