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Monday, January 10, 2011

postheadericon Politics and the Lava Lamp Syndrome

A church that figures prominently in governing issues gives lava lamps to young people especially selected to defy their own generational instincts and carry the ancients forward. The ancients see the lava lamp as a symbol of its commitment to “youth.” Remember “youth”? It is what they used to call teenagers in the 1960s as if it â€" youth â€" was its very own minority or ethnic group. Remember lava lamps? They were a commercial fad in 1965. The slow movement of the viscous liquids had a soothing effect on college kids â€" youth â€" back then getting stoned and listening to James Taylor in the college dorms in Amherst, Storrs and Cambridge.

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