An unexpected turn of events

Before closing out my ranting and raving, I thought I would give it one more shot.  Reddit's, "Ask Me Anything" seemed like a good vehicle to reach young people to see if an old man with 90 years of experiencing a "good life" might have anything to say to the youth who so extensively use the social media.

While I was delighted at the initial response of over 12,000 hits and 2,000 questions, I was totally blown away by the topics a great many wanted me to consider. The first concerned the issue of the necessity of using the atomic bomb in World War II (stemming from my having been a Marine in WWII perhaps) and the second related to their views on religion (perhaps stemming from my statement of being a church- going agnostic atheist)

I'll  plan to say more about these topics the next few Wednesdays, and I hope some of you may want to put in your 2 cents wor4th below.  But I also invite you to go to Reddit's

 https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/40cmzb/i_am_90_years_old_an_officer_during_wwii_a/

for your own assessment.

However, I want to share one thought about the nature of the responses.  This too I thought was most surprising

So many of the responders seemed in disbelief – that an aged person would be so honest, so direct, so forthright in responding – coupled with a desire for more intergenerational contact.

And in briefly pondering

why this would be true

I came to a few

tentative conclusions:

skepticism of government born of conflict with Vietnam

leaders with massive egos promising much but delivering so little
and

hypocrisy in and skepticism of religion