Reply #6: Well, not really [View All]

[frazzled]

I'm very dissatisfied with the use of language lately--hyperbolic language meant to induce fear or panic or depression.

You know, like when anyone compares anything to "Nazi" this or that. It's just never appropriate, and never descriptive of the situation. I think we have a minor case of the same here. While unemployment is high among the young (but nothing like the Depression era), I'm not seeing young people wandering listlessly in the streets and giving up all hope. Not like they've just seen their best friends die of mustard gas poisoning. Maybe I've missed something. But I do sort of get around a little.

I think times are very difficult, and especially for young people, but to suggest that they are becoming a "lost generation" is both over-the-top and also not a way to help things.