What a contrast. Remember the "generation gap" of the Boomers? It seemed the motto then was "any place but home." You would not have expected the following in "the sixties" from the same age group:...73% of Pew's respondents said they see their parents at least once a week, and half do so daily, a fact that, however sweet, sort of makes you want to download Rebel Without a Cause.The article describes how some job recruiters have to woo Mom and Dad as well, since the kids involve them in the job hunt. And some parents even join them on the first day at a new job. (One mother came to see her daughter's first day, in response to the invitation of the company's president. Says Mom:"I took her to kindergarten, and now I'm here for her first day of work.")
The Lady Downstairs thinks that if anything, Americans are courageous. I think it's a generalization that isn't true if applied to the U.S. as a whole. There are pockets in the South and other areas of the United States where courage is prized for men. But there are plenty of pampered people who wouldn't put their lives on the line for anyone else.
As for Germans demanding withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan because they do not want to see Germans die... is it cowardly? Or soft? Or do they just realize that Afghanistan is a mess? How many German males can be considered metrosexuals?
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