I haven't read this whole thing, just the 1st and last pages. But it looks like there's been alot of:
a) using a broad brush on any given generation, particularly "Boomers" and
I see you missed post #132
b) reactionary replies to a)
2nd, I think most of us aren't so stupid as to really believe every person of so&so generation is like the stereotype. So please, people, don't take these slights so seriously and PERSONALLY.
BTW, I disagree w/alot of what qam1 said, or analogized.
You disagree with me? I am utterly shocked :-)
But I agree with the way you put it and I can give you another analogy that fits these threads with what you are saying.
I was born a New York and now I live in New Jersey, So whether you consider me a New Yorker or New Jerseyian doesn't matter, either one will do. Now just look at who they both voted in, In New York we elected the most liberal socialist governor 3 times and New York City is the bullseye for every terrorist out there and yet they still support Kerry by wide margins and then there is Hillary. While in New Jersey there was the whole Toricelli-Lousenberg thing and we have one of the most corrupt Governors in the country and in the last election NJ voters gave him majorities in both houses.
Now there is only one conclusion you can reach from the above, Most New Yorkers and New Jerseyans have to be stupid to vote these people in. And yes on NY & NJ threads people from other states will eagarly point that out. Now does that mean they think everyone from NY or NJ is an idiot? Are the people from other states just trying to start "Interstate" warfare? Do I or other freepers from NY/NJ get insulted when they say these things? Of course not.
The same with the Baby Boomers, many are fine, wonderful people (Like my parents), However the fact is many if not most of them in that generation did/are doing their best either willingly or unwillingly to undo all the values and institutions that made this country great and the sooner the myth they give themselves breaks and they are removed from power the better.
(I disagreed w/you thinking the C-64 was the Model T; the Boomer was right, the AppleII and variants was the Model T. Every1 had 1 who had a computer. Neither did I much like comparing "us" to Henry Ford. But I digress....)
I agree very much about that analogy.
The hard truth is stereotypes have at least a grain of truth in them. I know we're not supposed to believe that, even on a conservative board, but it's the truth. Stereotypes don't develop successfully w/o there being a broad basis in truth.
BTW, it's also true MDers are ludicrous lefties. I'm native and I still live here; I'm not offended and I can even admit that leftie "bias" straight out! I hate it, but hey, it's true!