That's what this forum is about. Lots of us grew up, lots of them didn't. The previous generation before the BB was responsible for the creation of Communism and Socialism. Are you saying they are all Communists and Socialists?
Yes and no. The Baby Boomers are Communist, Socialist, Fascist and Capitalist depending on whatever serves your selfish needs. When it comes to entitlements, Lawsuits and health/safety regulations you are very Socialist, Communist and Fascist, However when it comes to things that effected you directly like abortion and divorce laws then all of a sudden you became very Libertarian.
You can't win that particular argument since all you have to do is grab the bad examples. The Baby Boom also was responsible for an end to racial barriers
No you didn't. Racial Barriers started to break down right after WWII and would have continued with or without the Baby Boomers. Plus all the big civil rights leaders like MLK were not baby boomers. With baby boomers you replaced leaders like MLK with Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons. In fact with your Affirmative action, Welfare state and dumbing down of the schools (especially those of the inner city) it can be argued that the baby boomers if anything are the cause of the racial barriers/problems remaining today.
and inroducing concepts of justice for all, not just a select few.
Give me a break, You have to be kidding, No Generation has and continues to piss on the Constitution as much as yours.
By justice for all baby boomer style you mean criminals have more rights than their victim. Murders and pedophiles instead of being held responsible for their crimes instead have their actions excused away by blaming society and evil America or whatever other Psycobabble that baby boomer lawyers can think of.
The problem is after the battle was won too many of soldiers liked the power it gave them. We are fighting that monster now.
Another words they became self-serving baby boomers like the rest of you.
And there are more Boomers involved in the WOT than Gen-Xers. The WOT is not seen as "belonging" to Gen X (in fact most soldiers are Gen-Y).
No from http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/poprep2001/chapter4/chapter4_4.htm
The mean age of all active officers was 34 years, while that of enlisted members was 27 years clearly puts them in the Xer category. Also it should be pointed out that the people running WOT and the previous Gulf war Donald Rumsfeld, Tommy Franks, Paul Wolfowitz and Norman Schwarzkopf are not baby boomers
I will tell you this, There are more baby boomers out there on the current Anti-American protest marches than Generation X-ers.
And Gen-X did NOT invent the Information Age. I have been part of that my entire adult life. Gen-x just hopped on to the train the baby Boom created.
Oh yeah, How silly of me it was that great shinning example of the baby boomer generation Al Gore who invented the internet.
Computers were around before the baby boomers. Compare a computer of the 1960s to the computer of the early 1980's. Now compare a computer of today to a computer just 3 years ago. There were bigger breakthroughs and more applications derived in the later time period. The X-ers may have not invented computers but we were the ones who found all the new applications for them and brought them into the mainstream while when you were our age you were doing Blow in the bathroom of Studio 54.
Your assertion that the great artists from the Boom were from the precious generation is patently false. As much as I like the music from the 40's it has not passed the test of time like the music of the 60s and 70s (except disco).
Re-Read what I've said. Most of the musicians like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, etc were not themselves baby boomers.
Just give up. You can't win this argument. Accept the fact that yours is a lost, shallow and slacker generation and try to do what you can to make things better so if and when you all grow up you don't have to apologize for it.
I sense extreme jealously on your part and I understand your hostility it must be hard being in a generation that has accomplished nothing and has fully or partially destroyed many great American institutions and values. You have failed your parents and you have failed your kids and you have failed your country. The Baby Boomers will go down as being the worst generation in American history, No generation comes close to all the negative effects the baby boomers have wrought. It must be especially hard since your generation is a bunch of parasites that is sandwiched between two Generations that has and will accomplish much and has had such a positive effect on the world.