rather than, say, growing up now? twin towers -> afghanistan -> iraq, maybe iran soon, india/pakistan going on, terrorist attacks in london, bali, etc. etc.? For concerts, remember the one on the continent a few years back where a couple of dozen people were crushed to death, or the riots at reading a couple years ago. (i forget the details, but you get the point). I think the thing is that these events are sort of romanticised because of the view of the sixties as the era of free love and so on, and also the government's spin on the threat of nuclear annihilation.
Um, on the astronauts; I would have thought that "cutting off communication" is a euphemism for "giving them up for dead". After all, they'd lose consciousness and become unresponsive before they died, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
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Date: 2005-11-11 01:07 pm (UTC)Um, on the astronauts; I would have thought that "cutting off communication" is a euphemism for "giving them up for dead". After all, they'd lose consciousness and become unresponsive before they died, but you have to draw the line somewhere.