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:	post by Xer at 2008-10-25 16:29:56

I have to take issue with the idea that the boomers' ideals (from the 1960s) actually took hold. This was a generation which espoused the tenets of justice and equality, then threw them out the window in the 1980s as soon as they saw how much money they could make. The boomers violated the ideals for a fistful of silver, and few of those ideals ever became truth.
I also disagree with your assertion that such ideals are arcane, ancient, or tedious ("hidebound" depends upon your connotation). The concept of justice and equality for all human beings, no matter their station, is indeed a radically new idea. It was put forward by various religious and political thinkers throughout the millenia, but it wasn't until the very recent past that such ideas became common throughout the body politic. And tedious? What could possibly be tedious about brotherhood?

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