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Are baby boomers not what we refer to over here as the Bulge Generation? The only significance of that term has always seemed to be that since there are more of us in this age-group, whatever stage we're at requires more in the way of government funding. I suppose this may be resented in some quarters. joanna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shore Poets" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:14 PM Subject: Re: David Hicks > > > > I take your point, Joe, but by running generalizations together do you not > just end up with a very fuzzy Venn diagram? I only mentioned it because I > don't really know what a baby boomer is. I looked it up (on Wikipedia, > natch), and apparently I'm one. But I have such a soft voice. > > P > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joseph Duemer >> Sent: 27 March 2007 17:26 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: David Hicks >> >> I don't think so, Peter. Notice the qualifiers in my response >> to Candice: >> "uninformed," "some," and "self-righteous." My original point >> was that lumping an entire generation under the heading of a >> (misbegotten) political opinion was intellectually lazy. In >> my response, I did not say that Gen-Xers (or whomever) all >> hold the same opinion & are to be dismissed from the >> conversation forthwith. I made an observation that includes >> some demography generalization, yes, but I qualified that >> generalization three times in four sentences. >> >> jd >> >> On 3/27/07, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > >> > Aren't you using 'young' in a similar way, Joe? >> > >> > P >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics >> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joseph Duemer >> > > Sent: 27 March 2007 16:29 >> > > To: [log in to unmask] >> > > Subject: Re: David Hicks >> > > >> > > It is also a common political dismissal by the uninformed young, >> > > some of whom assume that "boomers" are too morally & politically >> > > corrupt to have valid political opinions. Most often used by >> > > self-rightous young leftists. >> > > Even if the phrase itself were merely descriptive, making >> the broad >> > > assumption that someone "must be a Baby Boomer" because >> he holds a >> > > particular political opinion is offensive in itself, as well as >> > > intellectually lazy. Hell, it doesn't even come up to the >> level of >> > > lazy. >> > > >> > > jd >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Joseph Duemer >> Professor of Humanities >> Clarkson University >> [sharpsand.net] >> >