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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 29, 2008, at 7:39 PM, EarthNSky wrote:

> Gene GeRue wrote:
> > On Apr 29, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Lynda wrote:
> >
> > > Bottomline is that the South has never been allowed to be the
> > > South.  The
> > > North and the bookwriters and the balance of the U.S. have been
> > > pounded with
> > > absolutely nothing but negatives and phoo phooing of all that is the
> > > South.
> > > They have been painted as something evil and told to sit down and
> > > shut-up.
> >
> > Let us come gradually north. At some point there must be a balance.  
> > Or
> > will you hold that there is a sharp line?
>
>
> I think the reason you hear anger is the very assumption that we(those
> of a Southern mindset) must come north.

No, I apparently confused you. Sorry. What I meant is that if we  
wished to look at area attitudes, there must be some area between  
certain south and certain north where people are more balanced in  
their feelings about the Civil War and its ramifications. And having  
nothing to do with the Mason-Dixon survey line. Here in the Compromise  
state, I know people who have hardly any feelings about the Civil War  
and others who are bigoted to embarrassment of those around them. Not  
sure why, but there is a crossing of Bryant Creek about a mile from  
here named Nigger Ford. I have been unable to verify that perhaps it  
is so-called because a black family lived there. This County of Ozark,  
just above the Arkansas line, may have a black person, but I have not  
met them. Btw, Battlefield is the name of a road and many other things  
in Springfield, Missouri, named for the Battle of Wilson's Creek near  
Springfield on August 10, 1861

As for writing, from Faulkner to Eudora Welty to acclaimed Civil War  
author Shelby Foote, there are a plethora of fine writers who are from  
the South. I do not know how many publishers are in the South.

I'm glad I grew up in a place where the Civil War was simply a very  
sad occurrence in our history. I'd not want to carry around the  
negative baggage that some seem to do.
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On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Roy Morgan wrote:

> This is all temptingly close to life philosophy, so I felt  like  
> asking:
>
> Why are we here?

Because our parents had sex.