Got a bit more out of you this time, portio. Thanks. Don't mistake "tolerance," for accepting anything and everything without question or demand for the offensive attitude or behaviour to change. Certain things are tolerable whilst others are simply not. I don't know what you mean my the Salvos history writing expertise.
Just because someone was "carrying" a book it doesn't mean s/he accepted what the book said. If you mean one of those books written by the "Beat Generation" (like "On the Road" by Kerouac) then that is a good portrayal of the 50s-60s, though you're talking about the 70s here. Don't know.
Don't like drugs at all but dress is a fashion and no one can do anything about it. Men just have to control the leeriness. Women, too, for that matter! lol