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Life of the Party

3.9.07 @ 12:01AM

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C'mon folks, have we really forgotten the vagaries of our own generation? How can we complain about some being ill mannered and self-absorbed when we were the generation to come up with "up yours," "don't trust anyone over 30," "turn on, tune in, drop out," and "if it feels good, do it?" And while grammar usage and spelling don't seem to be important anymore, just listen to the words and ideas coming out of our generation in Congress today and you'll know our generation didn't do much better.

We only have ourselves to blame. A generation that bravely carried the illogical banner of "anything goes" shouldn't be too surprised when anything goes. We reap what we sow.

Having said that, I have to agree with MWD: some of the music really sucks. But then, I remember my mom saying the same thing (well, she didn't use the word "sucks") when she first heard Led Zepplin. And let's not ever forget Frank Zappa…
-- Karl F. Auerbach
Eden, Utah

MAGIC WORDS
Re: Andrew Cline's The Arrogance of Packer:

Billy Packer's greatest miscall? On, March 26, 1979, as Magic Johnson flings an inbounds pass to Greg Kelser for the final points of the great '79 Bird-Magic NCAA showdown, Billy Packer predicts that Kelser will be a better NBA player than Magic.
-- David Fobare

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