VL[8] Frenesi, Art and Machine

[Paul Mackin]

I can't off the top of my head name the person Doug is referring to but
the incident has a familiar ring to it.  Am I correct in my memory that
many or most of the militant student leaders, far from having to go
"underground," lived long, happy, even prosperous lives in the years to
come. They were the cream of the crop in school and they maintained
advantage on the outside as well. Not that everyone was a Jerry Rubin (as
a respondent reminded me of). No doubt some went into community service
or something like that. Only a tiny fringe ever turned  to truly violent
and illegal actions like blowing up research facilities and killing
people, and had to go into hiding or to jail.

Reminds me of a lawyer study someone told me about years ago.
Students in law school were asked what kind of law practice they
intended to engage in when they graduated. A higher percentage in 
the more elite law schools were thinking in terms of some kind of
public service work than for the students in the lower rank schools whose
first choice tended more to be a corporate law career. However a
follow up study done some years later showed that it was the elite group
who  were far more likely to be in large corporations  and the state
schoolers  in public defense or some such. Nothing at all strange about
this, and I hope I don't sound too cynical.

			P.