On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 6:53:49 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-12-11 11:16 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 1:07:32 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton
>
> >> You endlessly ascribe the actions of a few to the entire cohort.
> >> Then you wonder why so many people here dismiss your opinions as
> >> crap.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > As we all know, old farts never complain about the younger
> > generation. They never gloat about how their generation was harder
> > working and had more guts than the young folks. Well, except for the
> > old farts on this newsgroup.
> >
> > I can't afford to care about other people's opinion about my
> > opinions. The only thing I care about is what's the truth and what's
> > just vanity. Caring about other people's opinion on your opinion is
> > not the path to a righteous life. I'd sure like to lead a clean life,
> > if you don't mind.
>
> It seems that the current generation always tends to worry about the
> next generation. Meanwhile, the younger generation rejects the older one
> and vows to do things differently. I guess that is why we see so many
> reversals in fashions and standards and keep bouncing back and fourth.
> My parents generation were into the religious religious ethic. The US
> had to deal with the not so subtle coercion of the the McCarthy era. My
> generation fought against that. More of us went to university and pushed
> the limits of freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom from
> religion. Now we are seeing a huge reversal. The censorship in now done
> under the auspices of political correctness.

The boomers are a great disappointment. They thought they were going to change everything that was wrong with their parents but instead were motivated by greed and became worse. OTOH, the young people's desire for conformity, political correctness, and acting as a mob, is a little frightening to this old fart.