Quote Originally Posted by Big D
Now, there were things I didn't like about X-2: In particular, the rather snooty attitude that anyone over 20 is useless to this world and should either retire or die to make way for the "worthy youngsters". Nooj, at 22, is the oldest of the three world leaders, a fairly ridiculous notion when you think about it. All of the "heroes" are fairly young; "Seasoned" Leblanc and her goons are quickly overwhelmed during the final fight, and it's up to the littlies to step in and save everyone. Maechen is presented as a doddering, senile old fool, rather than the wise and venerable man he really is. Cid has gone from being the leader of his people, to merely being a grumbly old bugger trying to make money on dodgy ventures, who sulks around in the rain for weeks when his niece is mean to him. I just found it rather distasteful that age should be presented as such a 'social disease'.
Taking it from the perspective of these youngsters, you can blame them a little, but not too much. The youth of Spira were taught all about Yevon and whatnot from a young age, and now that it's been shown that Yevon was perhaps the biggest lie in Spira's history, they probably feel angry at their elders for leading them on, and angry at their ancestors for practically bringing civilization's advancement to a halt for 1,000 years.

Granted, this doesn't make them any less selfish or wrong, since their elders were duped as well, and so weren't at fault for it. The only other reason I can think of that they'd be so disrespectful of their elders is from some of their elder's stubborn refusal to move on (i.e., the New Yevon movement.)

Anyway, that's my 2 cents on the matter.