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cannot argue with that logic. would'nt it be a kick if jerry and ken were still with us? would love to hear their actual points of view instead of everyones suppositions

I offer you this brief extract from the book Acid Dreams. By Martin A. Lee & Bruce Shlain 'As they disembarked from the bus with loudspeakers blasting rock and roll the pranksters were well aware that they looked to straight citizens like inhabitants of another planet. This was exactly what they intended. They were into ‘tootling the multitudes’, doing whatever was necessary to blow minds and keep folks off balance. “The purpose of psychedelics” said Kesey “is to learn the conditioned responses of people and then to prank them. That’s the only way to get people to ask questions, and until they ask questions they‘re going to remain conditioned robots’. During the 1964 presidential campaign the Pranksters drove into Phoenix decked out in American Flag Regalia waving old Glory and demonstrating with a huge placard that read ‘A vote for Barry Goldwater is a vote for fun’ (If you watch the Sunshine Daydream movie there is a brief clip of the pranksters painting this slogan on the side of the bus. It comes up during the China/Rider jam, that’s what spurred me to investigate furthur!) Well what is this but political action, albeit of a particularly ingenious and warped variety? It’s very different from playing a benefit for a party politician for sure, but if the purpose is to provoke people to ask questions then the posts on the forum (in all their diversity) are evidence that the boys have already succeeded!

GDfan. Made me laugh out loud, in a good way. Brilliantly and accurately to the point.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens