GratefulCitizen originally linked Adam Carolla's take on the entitlement mess
here, but I feel it is worth listening again. And again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJD8pZiRIzs
Warning: naughty language.
To be honest I am ashamed of my generation; a generation full of 6th place trophy winners and people who were told they were special WAY too much.