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By: Dylan L. (Guest IP 82.38.225.166) on 09-08-2007 08:18

Quote   I am uncertain whether the difficulty is ignorance or philosophical inconsistency, but one should know one\\\'s history if one is to start a movement. Apparently you do not...     Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Kerouac were immersed in the drug culture. It is impossible to emulate them without being equally immersed in the drug culture.      'ignorance'?.. 'philosophical inconsistency'?.. Well, in actuality the manifesto text stands up and you've just misinterpreted it. Besides you only need to read the first lines of Howl—by the founding father himself—to realise what's right...    "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,  dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix..."

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