Recent opinion polls indicate that young people today are less pessimistic than their elders, more willing to derive satisfaction from service and able to find meaning in efforts greater than themselves. 'Over There' and 'Combat Zone' might disappoint those weaned on the post-Vietnam despair who will keep waiting for man's inherent corruption to emerge. Story lines about fragging, drug use, desertion, suicide, bigotry and sexual harassment will probably appear soon enough. But for now it is heartening to see soldiers that are not drawn from the world according to baby boomers.
Yeah, baby boomers are lame. (Sorry Mom and Dad.)
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