I appreciate your blog for mentioning Woodstock, the concerns it raised and continues to raise; and also for making me think, but I can't whole-heartedly agree with some of your assertions, namely wasn't it ingenious of the government to create a group of crazy people that nobody wanted to be related to?
This may be coming from some need to stroke some ego vibe of mine, but I happen to have corresponded with Alex del Zoppo, (songwriter, keyboard wizard, and male singer with SWEETWATER, the first band on stage and soundcheck for Woodstock that weekend) on several occasions in recent years. Alex still continues to carry the message on a personal level and be actively engaged in the music and songwriting scene in L.A. He is an inspiration to many and offers active encouragement to the next generation of songriters. Nancy Nevins, Sweetwater's lead female singer, now teaches English for some many years. If you do a search for her on FB, you will see she still carries the hippy flame and idealology from those days.
These people were my Heroes, still are, will continue to be.
If the government "created" them, they did a damn good job, cause they are still 'acting the part' 47 years on; despite many changes in administration in between. Thanks for your contribution. The Love is still here. You just have to look for it. I lot of it is coming to Steemit. Peace :)
P.S. Had to edit this, my spelling isn't great on occasion.