The way I see it, if it had just been another '30 something' ranting about the current state of affairs, with fear of change seeming to be the watchword for the older generation (i.e. exactly the same as the world has always been) then no-one would have paid any attention. As it is, this has suddenly recieved 500 pages of replies.
As Winston Churchill once said, 'Anyone who is under 30 and isn't a Liberal has no soul, anyone over 30 who isn't a Conservative has no brains.'.
There are two things about Humanity that will never change, one of them is the fact that we will change, the other is the fact that people will always fear it. They are both, in my opinion, essential to striking a balance.