Boomers have paid their dues to society

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 5/18/05 | Jan Murray

[qam1]

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[AmishDude]

Geriatric vampires.

[Andonius_99]

I'd like to give this guy two words with one finger...

[Corporate Law]

When I saw the headline, I thought more onanistic drivel from Richard Cohen.

[Syco]

Good-NESS! It's tripe like this that is what makes the X-ers hate the Boomers so much! This really shows them for the selfish, greedy group that they are. Holding up half the sky? This generation did more damage to society than the three or four generations before them, and if Gen X is having problems fixing some of their messes it's because we were raised by these idiots. I know that the writer doesn't speak for every Boomer, but this is the face that the world sees, and it's what the world will remember.

[LibFreeOrDie]

...because we gave you flouride in your drinking water...

It's spelled "fluoride." Not only does the Sydney Morning Herald have writers who can't write, they can't spell either. No proofreaders/editors either, apparently.

[AdamSelene235]

Geriatric vampires.

Economic child rapists.

Grave diggers of Western Civilization.

[Qwinn]

"Imagine a world without teenagers adults. Who invented the phenomenon? We did."

Fixed it for her.

Qwinn

[Junior]

I got the impression this was written somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

[poobear]

"I'd like to give this guy two words with one finger..."

I've been around I thought a long time Andonius, but I've never heard it put that way. That's a keeper and ditto!

[Celtjew Libertarian]

This is almost so out there, it almost has to be satire... Or maybe not. Imagine a world without teenagers. Who invented the phenomenon? We did. The adolescent baby boomers were the social malcontents of the 50s who cut loose from the oppressive ruck and insisted on being recognised as individuals with a right to be listened to, marketed to and feared by a conservative Yesterday because we were Tomorrow - our own tomorrow, and yours.

B.S. How about the flappers in the 1920s. How about all the people then who defied prohibition to get a drink.

And that bit about individuals with a right to be listened to? Does the phrase, "Founding fathers" ring a bell. Well, the author is Australian, so maybe not.

But of all the laughable bits, is the suggestion that Boomers invented tantric sex. Honey, tantric sex was invented by Buddhists in India, no later than the 16th century.

Of course the Boomers seem to think they invented Sex...

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"Imagine if we had not rebelled. Elvis would have been sent back to his mum to have his mouth washed out. He would still be singing gospel in some clapboard church in Memphis, telling his grandkids how a rush of blood to his head a long time ago made him do some foolish things with his hips."

Maybe Elvis would be alive enjoying his family, instead he died, overdosed siting on a toilet. Thanks.

Maybe instead of all the Rebelling, your generation should have gone to work and help build our future. Now your kind will just bankrupt the county.

[poobear]

Hey, I'm a boomer with a 9 year old daughter. (Born 1957) I don't want a dime from anyone! It's the "Greatest Generation" that put tax hold on ALL of us with all their welfare programs! Careful!

[Syco]

I'd agree with you except that I've sat with Bay Area liberal Boomers too many times to count who have basically said the same stuff to me. And they're dead serious!

[Gingersnap]

Boomers invented tampons? They did it before they were born, I guess. And fluoride treatment for water? That concept has been around longer than the boomers. Mary Shelley would have been surprised that feminism was invented less than 40 years ago. Who knew?

Boomers have perfected serial marriage, the break up of the family, and the distortion of traditional religious values, though. I gotta give them credit for that. Thanks, guys.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Of course the Boomers seem to think they invented Sex...

And were too stoned to patent it. Another example of fiscal mismanagement.

[kenth]

I thought so too, but then again, tongue-in-cheek usually is written with a hint of exaggeration.

[steve-b]

because we gave you flouride[sic] in your drinking water

Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?

[numberonepal]

They can kiss my Xer butt. We've now gotta fix all the crap that they screwed up.