tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3737365464023527479..comments2024-03-29T13:25:33.439+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Demise of the baby boomersA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-46800076002720729482014-07-16T21:14:07.572+01:002014-07-16T21:14:07.572+01:00James - the trip seems to have been a long one.James - the trip seems to have been a long one.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-52324821405090110012014-07-16T21:08:52.529+01:002014-07-16T21:08:52.529+01:00Popularized acid?Popularized acid?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-28577891097257859132014-07-13T19:23:44.416+01:002014-07-13T19:23:44.416+01:00Edward - you may be right, but do we make the best...Edward - you may be right, but do we make the best use of our greater tendency to vote? I can't see that we do, so what are younger people to make of it?<br /><br />Maybe they see voting as pointless which isn't an easy standpoint to demolish.<br /><br />Demetrius - I agree. I've thought that way for ages, but I'm not really sure why it is. <br /><br />After the war our whole culture seemed to become somewhat infantile, and it wasn't only popular culture, although maybe that led the way.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-84836387286146851492014-07-13T15:17:54.929+01:002014-07-13T15:17:54.929+01:00This may be unkind and is certainly not personal, ...This may be unkind and is certainly not personal, but to us who bred the baby boomers it seems that too many of them never really grew up.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-51747307449152113822014-07-13T15:13:07.781+01:002014-07-13T15:13:07.781+01:00With regard to influence of the baby boomer genera...With regard to influence of the baby boomer generation - I heard this comment at a meeting of a Eurosceptic sort by someone who studies these things in detail.<br /><br />One of our number had commented on the absence of young people ( it was a weekday meeting during the working day).<br /><br />Our expert pooh-poohed this. A large proportion of young people do not register to vote and, of those who do, relatively few bother to vote. In his opinion( informed by much stuffy) an older person would have approximately six times the voting weight of a younger one for these reasons.<br /><br />Courage, mes braves! ( as Wogan might put it), we have the power to decide who rules - provided Lord Falconer's assisted suicide Bill doesn't allow them to kill us off quietly beforehand - before we selfishly spend the children's anticipated inheritance on continued survival.Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.com