Sooo many emails like this:

I always take these sort of generational predictions with a grain of salt.
Yes, I’m sure some generations have their own particular swings and dips.
But isn’t it just as likely that young people of any generation exhibit
certain attitutudes that likely fade as they grow older?
I’m sure many Boomers in their 20s, for instance, thought marijuana would
surely be legal by the time they were middle aged. That time has come and
pot isn’t legal but this fact doesn’t seem to have many current-day Boomers
marching in the streets.
Another example: Supposedly, many 20-something Boomers had their attitudes
toward the military permanently shaped by the Vietnam War, yet I imagine
most middle-aged Boomers have a different take on our military now — how
else do you explain the Republican emergence in suburban areas around the
country over the past 20 years?
When I was in my 20s, I wasn’t a practicing member of any organized
religion; I was disinterested in religion in general. Now I’m 40 and I’m
decidedly Roman Catholic.
I think you’re right in saying Generation Y, X and the Boomers all crave(d)
“choice.” If some groups of people elevate the concept of choice to a higher
level than others, however, this could be less generational than it is
age-specific.