Protest aftermath

We tried so hard, but just couldn't bring back the 60s:

As The Post's coverage reflected, the antiwar march was a rich blend of people, including pierced, tattooed twenty- and thirty-somethings, families, and baby boomers.

But as a member of the fifty-something crowd, I didn't feel the energy of 30 years ago. Maybe it is nostalgia for the pulsating passion of the past, but after the march, during the "Operation Ceasefire" event, I was moved when Joan Baez sang. I hoped that the people born in the '80s would get it.

A contemporary group also belted out antiwar themes, Cindy Sheehan spoke and Steve Earle sang, but the crowd's enthusiasm was tame. Yes, there were cheers and applause. But I felt no adrenaline. The kids hung in small groups, smoking and laughing among themselves. But perhaps young people "get it" in a different way than we did in the '60s and '70s.

Yes, one can hope. I think, however, that most of the kids who get it were someplace else.

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Also found this amusing:

Yes, the march was inspired by marches of the 1960s, but it was infused with a spirit that is 100 percent 2005.

Oh really?