> If this was the '60s, there'd be 100 or 200 journalists around the
> world screaming about (Townshend's plight).
Interesting statement. I can't decide if it's true or not, however.
Maybe. I guess. It almost makes it sound like Pete was such a subver-
sive that the cops set out to "bring him down." And that's not true.
Pete's an ageing rock star who sells his music for commercials & films.
He's not some counterculture figure, feared by the cops & the establish-
ment.
It's true that the times are different. In the sixties there was a real
counterculture that had an idea and stood up for what they believed in.
Those days led to the social changes that are pretty much taken for granted
today in the US, included racial integration, reasonable acceptance of
homosexuality and other difference, opportunities for women, years of peace
and prosperity, a global village mentality, etc. However, those radicals
paid for their activism, some with their lives. Others had to hide out for
years and some are still hiding. We did see the flower children turn out
for a while pre-Iraqi war, but Roger is right that there's no one out there
who will really take that kind of risk now.