Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:52:11 +1200 From: Janskrit Virdee <lorax-AT-inet.net.nz> Subject: Re: An Explosive End For Woodstock '99 (Burning and Looting) Jerald Hellemeyer wrote: > Mark writes: > > >You vindicate the thesis already put forward on this list regarding the > >Woodstock(s), > >namely that this generation thinks that a wrong is righted by destroying > >the property > >of other people. > > Hmmm. I seem to recall that the "boomers" did an awful lot of property > damage to further their causes. All of those riots surely did a little > damage. > > >That is elementary civilized behavior, something > >which > >generation X seems, in general, to woefully unappreciate. > > 1) see above. Am I to assume baby boomers are uncivilized because of the > destruction of property, morals, and the status quo they caused. > > 2) As Carp pointed out, the youth of today are not what is referred to as > generation X. Gen-X (also called the baby bust because there are so few of > us) is generally referred to as those people born between 1964 and 1977. > The "current" generation is the largest generation in american history. > They very well could have a greater effect on our society than the baby > boomers ever did. So you might want to be a little nicer to them. > Otherwise, they will turn on you the way your generation turned on your > parents. It also wouldn't hurt to teach them anarchist and libertarian > principals now while they are young. > > And speaking of this new boom, are other parts of the U$ going through a > school building boom. All the towns around here are under taking the > construction of massive new schools. There are so damn many of these kids > now. > > Jerald > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com I was born in '78 to WWII generation parents, skipping the baby boom completely, so what does that make me? A time warped boomer, a straggling Gen X'er or just a lost cause? Lorax
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