Re: in the land of cotton


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Posted by Monica Tittle on September 23, 2001 at 02:24:01:

In reply to: in the land of cotton posted by Darlahood on September 22, 2001 at 21:19:29:

: Also, I don't know where you're from, but remember that New Orleans
: IS in the South, and patriotism is taken fiercely down here (which
: ever war you're talking about). Historically and today, there is a
: higher percentage of people who enlist in the armed services from
: the South, rather than the North.
:
: Some people will think I'm full of crap and take offense, but
: that's all right, too.

Your right on target. I'm a Southerner by birth (not choice) and if
it's one thing that I know is absolutely true beyond a shadow of a
doubt, it's that Southerners take "God and Country" *very* seriously.
Way too seriously sometimes if you ask me, but you didn't so I'll just
leave it there. ;)


: Was there a particular experience that happened to you while you
: were there that made you not like New Orleans? Or was it something
: you couldn't put your finger on?

I've gotten some of the same forboding feelings right here at home.
I'm a questioning, independant Christian and anytime lots of people
start talking about God incessantly and praying every five minutes, I
get nervous. I've seen what "religion"* run amok can do and it's not
pretty. And when you add that to the intense nationalism, it's
downright scary sometimes.

*I put religion in quotation marks because it's often a twisted view
of religion that is the problem, not the actual teachings religion
tries to express.

 


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