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To: NightOwl who wrote (97661)5/8/2003 5:30:50 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Bravo, the Great Chesterton would have applauded the sentiment. In fact, he wrote a perverse variant of your thoughts which I think is absolutely on the mark:

"I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid." GKCh