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To: Road Walker who wrote (264155)	12/14/2005 4:16:01 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572537

John, Where's your post about Gen X and Gen Y not protesting like the boomers did? I wanted to reply to it . . . the issue is probably Gen X didn't have the luxury of time during their school years to do protests - many Gen Xers like myself and my friends had 3 concurrent jobs while going to school. I think conditions changed drastically between the boomer college years and the Gen X college years that make the boomers protesting look like a pure luxury of time. news.yahoo.com Here's a good article: By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer "Young adults also are ready to wrestle away their piece of the pie from boomer politicians" The question is: will boomers let them — and recognize they can't rule forever? He wishes more boomers were willing to be mentors — to collaborate and inspire a group of young adults that he worries have become apathetic, partly because they feel powerless "Now it's like 'Women shouldn't have the right to choose' and 'Gays shouldn't be allowed to marry.' Where did all that freedom of individuality and freedom of expression go? Now that they're older, we can't have that?" asks Elizabeth King, a 26-year-old graduate student at Northwestern University. "There's a disconnect between the younger generation and anyone over 45 or so," says Steve Rubens, a 29-year-old businessman from Palo Alto, Calif. "Something happened; I don't know when." He and others his age are ready to revamp the system, to create a new workplace that embraces both flexible hours and new technology — improving efficiency and giving workers more time for life off the job.