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Beaker
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:43 PM Original message |
the "greatest generation"? |
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rkc3
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wouldn't it be nice if... |
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mark414
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. i wouldn't say that |
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Servo300
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Every generation... |
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Jack from Charlotte
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. There's some good and some bad in almost everything.... |
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Terran
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Yes, but |
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slackmaster
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. They made it possible for their kids to be lazy |
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Mechatanketra
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Yeah, and what if we were invaded by aliens the year after? |
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Burma Jones
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ummmmmmm |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's the thing that bugs me, the trademarking of social phenemona |
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Burma Jones
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. It's an insult to me too |
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DNA
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Ummm |
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Burma Jones
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. And that same generation Humiliated McCarthy |
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DNA
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Mon Jun-07-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You don't get it. |
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cally
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thank you! |
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happynewyear
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. well it doesn't seem they did women any good |
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jdsmith
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Joseph Ellis: there's something to be said for the generation of 1776 |
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tom_paine
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The current generation of Amerikan Imperial Subjects aren't worthy |
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Feanorcurufinwe
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. It is an example of self-congratulation. |
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jdsmith
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm not certain that it's their doing |
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Feanorcurufinwe
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I agree. The sycophants started it. nt |
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Media_Lies_Daily
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Bingo. |
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DrWeird
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ever notice how ads on network news are for... |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Excellent observation, doctor! |
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LibDemAlways
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Media people will tell you that |
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Delano
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Compared to greedy, self-absorbed baby-boomers... |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You're demonstrating why this phony title is socially irresponsible. |
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Delano
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Sorry, I wasn't aware that anything really changed in 68. |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Consider race relations before and after 1968 |
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Delano
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The rich had all the power then, they have all the power now. |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. And the "greatest" generation weren't just as good at screwing the poor? |
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Delano
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. During WWII, the top tax rate was 90+% |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The Greatest Generation wasn't in power during WWII. |
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Delano
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It was the boomers who voted in force for the Raygun disaster. |
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DNA
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Please, Delano |
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Delano
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Okayfine. I haven't called the WWII generation the "greatest" |
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Bridget Burke
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. A lot of us "Boomers" didn't live in your neighborhood. |
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DNA
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Some were more conscientious. |
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BurtWorm
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Well said. This labelling of generations is an oversimplification |
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Beaker
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. BUT- |
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Az
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nostalgia and the absense of awareness |
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ScreamingMeemie
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. Each generation has its heroes. I give my grandparents' generation |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. It wasn't just the war |
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ikojo
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. They are also the generation that allegedly raised the most |
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Piperay
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. That is such a bunch of BS... |
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