Essay 1

gPaul Krassner was a countercultural hero during the 60s. He played a critical part of the development to the American alternative press. Following a time as a stand up comedian and Mad magazine writer Krassner began publishing the Realist. The Realist was an independent journal overflowing with outlandish satire, sociopolitical commentary and many provocative topics. The FBI called him a "raving, unconfined nut." Society tends to put down things and people they do not understand. Krassner interviewed a variety of people from Allen Watts, who had little old women entranced with his knowledge of the orient, to Lenny Bruce, who was deemed an obscene by society.

Allen Watts held a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity. He appeared to have been looking for something. Watts was in search of a better way to live. He refuses to be labeled but he could have been scared to commit to what he thought, believed or felt. This may be due to the fact he had not found what he was looking for. Watts relates religion as a whole with prohibition, which is absurd. Religion give people something to hold onto and look to for answers and yes some religions disapprove