[Jellyfish]

I at least admire Michael Caine for refusing to work with the pedophile Woody Allen again. But as far as the Sixties go, drunkies like him were the people me and my friends made fun of.
To quote The Fugs- "Middle-age, middle class, middle brow whisky drinkers, Turn on, Tune in, Drop out!"

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[therevverend]

It's funny how the interview talks about a lot of stuff but the title is 'Caine says drugs ruined the 60s'. From an alcoholic with a nicotine stick perpetually hanging from his mouth. People from the older generation tend to forget those are also drugs.
I reckon what helped make the 60s interesting was drugs. Of course a lot of talented, creative people took things way too far and fucked up their lives. People get so nostalgic about the 60s it's easy to forget the overdoses, wars, violence, social upheaval, terrorism, racisim, must have been crazy. No wonder people were lining up to get wasted.
Caine is a great actor, one thing I like about him he's willing to admit he acted in terrible movies for money. He's seems like an honest person.

[Spaventa]

People of his generation were taught that drugs are evil by a very strict, disciplinarian, conformist, religious and largely ignorant generation of parents. This was at a time before there was easy access to information about drugs and alcohol.

If Michael hadn't been brainwashed from an early age to hate "drugs" or "dope" or whatever they called it then, he would be able to accept and acknowledge the truth about cannabis and the truth about alcohol.

If he hadn't been indoctrinated into a drinking culture that only benefits big companies and the tax man, he wouldn't drink a drop of that neurotoxin.

[Gert Lush]

I had to walk all the way to my house in Notting Hill cause no taxi would stop for me! Right there I realised what a howible dwug mawihauna was. I never took it again. Taxis always stop for me now.

I’m sympathetic to people who take them, because they’ve got themselves in a situation that I really do not envy.

- Yes, like looking honestly at yourself, Michael

[TanzanianMagic]

Drugs made the 1960s.

[Sam_Skunkman]

If he really thinks alcohol and tobacco are not drugs, he is deluded.
I liked many of his films, he could act, but his views on alcohol and tobacco show how he had zero idea of what reality was. Did the 60's really get ruined by drugs? He was consuming drugs before and after that time. Maybe he needed to try psychedelics and alter his limited view? He is a dinosaur and has zero idea what is history or not.
-SamS

[Sam_Skunkman]

Originally Posted by Weird

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The photo is someone I knew in the 60's "Super" Joel Tornabene we shared a house in Canyon Calif where we and others organised protests against Port Chicago near Concord Calif, in the bay area the base where most of the weapons sent to Viet Nam war were shipped from.
-SamS

[Jellyfish]

Cary Grant might disagree with Michael Caine.

[Capt.Ahab]

Watched Zulu the other night.
Great movie.

[Slim Pickens]

Originally Posted by therevverend

I reckon what helped make the 60s interesting was drugs.person.

Originally Posted by TanzanianMagic

Drugs made the 1960s.

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Exactly.

Can you imagine how boring the late 60's early 70's would have been otherwise?Think of all the excellent music that would have not been written or performed?We would still be listening to Buddy Holly etc.

No doubt that there were downsides involved,but think of the impact on modern culture that would have been lost.