Letters to the Editor
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I hope I get old before I die
It's kind of silly to say any "generation" is "better" than any other "generation." Tom Brokaw, a man without a "generation," started all this stupidity. Germany and Japan were defeated in a two theater war, nice job. It would have been nicer if the war hadn't happened in the first place, but no "generation" seems to have learned that little skill yet. It also would have been nice if the men who came home from that war had been better fathers.
Born in 1945, I somehow don't qualify as a "baby-boomer," being born one year too soon. I both served in the Army and opposed the war, and partook of the cultural richness of the late 60s to mid 70s. It almost killed me.
Rather than comparing the supposed greatness of any generation, we would do well to try to ensure a future for the generations to come. Maybe one of them could approach true greatness.
It is worth mentioning that one legacy of the time when I was young is worthy of praise, and that is the search for higher consciousness. Though many attempts were excessive and had horrendous results, the various methods used to raise one's level of being made the clearest break from the materialist, industrialist, consumerist, mass culturist, sleaze authoritarian straight jacket that defines American life. Future generations, if there are any, will likely be most thankful for the effort.