They have been forced to grow up by two traumatic events: the sight of Bill Clinton, a man who embodies everything they most loathe about the baby-boom generation, lording it in the White House, and the Florida recount.
"Opponents of the Zimbabwe Government have become so preoccupied with the media bill just passed by parliament that they have lost sight - understandably so - of the other two repressive laws passed recently, " the paper said.