On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:27:27AM -0500, Philip R. McGovern wrote:
>
> Yes, parts of Georgia may suck (Ft. Benning where I spent some time in the
> late
> 60's springs to mind), but Brunswick, Atlanta, Savannah and the ICW definitely
> DON'T.
Heh, Benning is where my less-than-fond memories come from, too. Early
80s for me, though. Just to be clear, I truly appreciate what I got from
Basic Training there; Benning /qua/ Beanning was not the problem. The
problem, or at least a clear and explicit representation of it, was a
certain pig-like, overbearing, self-satisfied Georgia sheriff - who,
swear-to-Chthulhu, used terms like "be out of my town before sundown"
and "crossbar MO-tel" - and who taught me the meaning of "selective
enforcement" and the precise worth of "oh, *those* laws won't be
enforced, don't you worry!"
I've spent my share of time living in the South, and what I know with
absolute certainty is that, if we have to have laws, then I want them
enforced as equally and as impartially as possible - and NOT left up to
the whim of the individual uniformed goon with a negative IQ and his
private set of pet hates to be exercised on anyone unlucky enough not to
have "pull". The average New York cop seems like an angel in comparison
to the variety found in the South.
(And please don't anyone tell me about the wonderful, gets-kitties-
out-of-trees, helps-old-ladies-across-the-street cops in your Southern
town. You wouldn't touch a barrel full of honey if there was only a
spoonful of feces in it, would you?)
Ben
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