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The sum of your arguments are little more than cliches. Every generation thinks the next is falling over the edge and, if true, then the ultimate and causal fault lies in the Garden of Eden. Uh, I don't think that is too useful for the purposes of understanding social change and our nation's mortal danger.

What is true, and what remains unique, is the clear differences between boomer and their parents. When boomers wanted their hedonistic way and rejected social control through rebellion, they called it "the generation gap." The blatantly obvious difference between the two generations is so obtuse that even leftist academics study the division. Unfortunately, the left calls our detour into oblivion as good and 'liberating.'

Today, when apologists (some like yourself) want to minimize the impact of social decay and the distinct culpability of the boomer cohort, they retreat to weak defenses like your mutual guilt argument. Again, this issue is not about stalwart individuals within a generation - it is about the unique character and achievements that define a generation. In that regard, our g-g-generation stands out from all of its progenitors as having broken the links of faith and tradition, trashed Western idealism and done more to destroy America than any previous generation.

The blatantly obvious difference between the two generations is so obtuse that even leftist academics study the division. Unfortunately, the left calls our detour into oblivion as good and 'liberating.'

Check the birthdates of all those "boomers" who led the charge sometime.