A chara, – I read with increasing dismay the comments by the three psychologists (“It’s time we grew up as a nation”, Home News, November 10th) on the economic and social crisis afflicting Ireland. We certainly need more analysis of our current predicament. What we do not need are gross generalisations about the past, simple-minded models pertaining to the present, and outmoded appeals to a “post-colonial” mentality. – Is mise,