At the time, I was too young to be critical or aware of events. They just formed the background to my life, like wallpaper or music. Events since must mean as much to those who are young now whereas older people (in my own experience anyway) are more distanced from them.

The 60s certainly were romanticised. The creepy thing is reading up on them as an adult and seeing just how gruesome the reality was. I wouldn't say that was a special time compared to now, though one could perhaps argue that they left a legacy on life since, eg civil rights, space exploration and music, which is possibly not the case with today's events. Maybe everyone has 'their' war, whether it be Iraq or Vietnam and that forms a reference point for what follows.