A decade is a long time

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hey, CP ... I forgot to mention how much progress was made with Women in America in the 1960's. If you were your age now in a time before that, you'd be de facto chattel.

To think that everything changed overnight because of one decade is ridiculous. Yes, there were strides made in the 60's. They laid some groundwork for the bold women of the 70's, the career women of the 80's...

There have been a lot of jokes about the Boomers not being able to get over the 60's. Everyone dramatizes the era when they discovered themselves. I grok the 90's, because I was THERE, I was paying attention. To call your own precious time periods somehow more interesting or more important than mine, or those of today's kids, is shortsighted and lame.

Seems your latest gig is insulting anyone who isn't you. Let me put this in your old-timey terms - You're being a downer.

However much I love my own coming of age, at least once a week I say something along the lines of "I am so glad to be alive in today's age." I may not have the time of a high-schooler to study the exact nuances of what's up today, but I can appreciate the march of time, the urge to see what's around the bend, and oh yeah, living NOW.


Anyway - anyone else have anything they want to say about the last decade, the changes, the time gone by?