03-26-2005, 06:09 AM
Rinnhart,Mar 25 2005, 05:13 PM Wrote:Vast generalizations, as fond of them as I am, are rarely fair measures of worth. Don't blame the children of an era; you "adults" of the period are the ones who set a precedent for "getting in touch with one's emotions". The generation's name is "baby boomlet" and if you interpret these statements as whining proof of your comments, it's due to my inability to articulate the acidic tone with which I'm attempting to write. :D
Some of us skipped school the day they fully indoctrinated the rest of the spawn.
There's still hope.
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What probably got me looking at the whining was the music. The music of the past 10 years, albeit there has been some very listenable stuff coming out, has had a whiney tone that I find increasingly irritating. It is as though everything sickenig about whiny Nashville formula female country singing has infiltrated the pop and rock scene, and seems to resonate.
I guess that could make one appreciate Mozart more . . .
The getting in touch with one's emotions crap you refer to was aimed at a certain crowd, as far as I could see . . . and then, it became a fad. Strikes me as tatamount to emotional masturbation.
All my meandering aside, yes, your opening comment has merit. My dad found rock and roll repulsive, and the long hair thing on guys a complete farce. On that note, at least now, folks wear hair of all sorts of lenths and approaches, with little to remark upon unless it is outrageously colored or is obviously "a 'do not meant for you."
I see that as progress, if microscopic.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete