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Rob1956 · 12-25-2012, 11:50 AM

My dad was born in '23. When he was in his late 60's he told me he thought his parent's generation had messed up things pretty badly, referring to the Great Depression. the long soup kitchen lines, no employment. A WWII vet, he told me he thought the US government had really let the country down by not foreseeing the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor. I never asked him if his parents, born in the 1880's thought the world was messed up. My point is that I suspect every generation had specific things they could point to illustrating why the world was messed up. It's a cycle, and it will forever repeat, IMHO.

12-25-2012, 11:50 AM	#3
Rob1956 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hickory Hills, IL Posts: 454	Re: Too Late For Prayin' My dad was born in '23. When he was in his late 60's he told me he thought his parent's generation had messed up things pretty badly, referring to the Great Depression. the long soup kitchen lines, no employment. A WWII vet, he told me he thought the US government had really let the country down by not foreseeing the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor. I never asked him if his parents, born in the 1880's thought the world was messed up. My point is that I suspect every generation had specific things they could point to illustrating why the world was messed up. It's a cycle, and it will forever repeat, IMHO.