Amen.
On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, John Berg wrote:
> While I agree heartily with Miriam Weinstein's defense of our generation
> (at least, I guess it is mine--I was born in 1943, and was very active in
> the 60s), I cannot go along with her categorization of that of our
> parents'. My own parents were among the most socially-involved and
> service-oriented people I know. It was a generation that came of age in
> the depression, fought World War II, and then fought to create a society
> of high wages, job stability, expanded education, and social services in
> the post-war years.
>
> Mostly, though, I think we should try to avoid characterizing whole
> generations as collective entities.
>
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