On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 8 Mar, 05:15, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Didn't mean for it to refer to all Brits or even rich ones. Just >> snobby ones. It's a silly sounding phrase I used deliberately for >> effect. We've been getting a bit of a bad rep. down heh ever since >> the War of Northern Aggression. Damn carpetbaggers. >> >> dj > > You mean that war that began by South Carolina seceeding from the > Union on the basis that the Union was not enforcing the fugitive slave > laws and returning runaway slaves? I don't suppose you still demand > the right to ownership of people? ;-)
Yeah, that's the one. The general consensus is that slavery would have ended soon anyway. James Buchanan gets a lot of blame for allowing things to get as bad as they got. War begins with politics and ends in rivers of blood. I suppose this will never change. I'm proud of my culture. Blacks are a huge part of it and I'm grateful for their contribution to the food and the music We are all Americans now. I get irritated at the Farrakhan's and Rev. Jeremiah Wrights and Jesse Jacksons of the world that don't agree with me. I truly believe their politics of hatred have sustained racism far beyond what it should be in this day and age. > >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I really resent the phrase hoity toity brits, mainly because it refers >> > to the upper crust of the British and truthfully the upper crust of >> > the US is just as hoity toity and maybe worse. In my musical career >> > days I remember playing at the UN building and meeting some of the >> > most stuck up people on the planet. Hoity Toity is not about being >> > British its about being stuck up and snoberish. Nothing against you >> > Dark or Don, just an observation and opinion, and of course we're Not >> > All Yankees. >> > Foreign arrivals also occurred within the southern tier of the US. >> >> >http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html >> >> > On Mar 5, 12:52 pm, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I lived in the Carolina's for a few years and likewise, the locals >> >> were quite proud of being bass ackwards. Didn't get along too well >> >> there, too much damn yankee in me. BTW we're all yankees to the "hoity >> >> toity" Brits! >> >> >> I hope literature survives, where else could we find such cultred >> >> pearls as these. I do not think the hearts and minds of the inspired >> >> will alow it to fade. Just as conciousness shall continue so it shall >> >> be with expression using letters and symbols. Even the spirit, such as >> >> with Bellshazar on the wall of King Darius, uses letters for >> >> communicating >> >> >> "It is demonstrable," said he, "that things cannot be otherwise than >> >> as they are; for as all things have been created for some end, they >> >> must necessarily be created for the best end. Observe, for instance, >> >> the nose is formed for spectacles, therefore we wear spectacles. The >> >> legs are visibly designed for stockings, accordingly we wear >> >> stockings. Stones were made to be hewn and to construct castles, >> >> therefore My Lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron in >> >> the province ought to be the best lodged. Swine were intended to be >> >> eaten, therefore we eat pork all the year round: and they, who assert >> >> that everything is right, do not express themselves correctly; they >> >> should say that everything is best." -Voltaire "Candid" >> >> >> On Mar 5, 12:28 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Pat <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> > > On 5 Mar, 16:01, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> Illiteracy appears to be on the decline: >> >> >> > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy >> >> >> > >> Sometimes a visual is interesting too. >> >> >> > >>http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-illiteracy-map.htm >> >> >> > >> Of course, the USA has its issues. >> >> >> > >>http://www.caliteracy.org/rates/ >> >> >> > > That reminds me of a time when my father had mentioned to a work >> >> > > colleague from Alabama that "the South has the highest illiteracy rate >> >> > > in the country." And the guy responded by holding out his hand (as if >> >> > > to shake my father's hand) and saying, "Put 'er there!" Implying that >> >> > > he didn't understand that it was NOT a compliment, thus proving the >> >> > > point. My father had to really restrain himself from bursting out >> >> > > laughing at the poor bloke. >> >> >> > Sounds to me like Southern humor. I might just respond in kind after >> >> > a random insult to The Land Of My Birth. Especially if it came from >> >> > some Damn Yankee or even worse, a hoity toity Englishman. We don't >> >> > mind insults but it goes down better when delivered with a smile. >> >> > Even if it's true. >> >> >> > dj >> >> >> > >> Other >> >> > >> sources:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/21... >> >> >> > >> And, it is obvious that definitions affect all such reporting. >> >> >> > >> On Mar 5, 5:37 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > >> > On 4 Mar, 02:02, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > >> > > "If the novel goes the way of live theater – a medium appealing >> >> > >> > > to >> >> > >> > > only a small, relatively rarefied segment of the population – >> >> > >> > > what, if >> >> > >> > > anything, will be lost? What can a novel do for us that other >> >> > >> > > art >> >> > >> > > forms can’t?” >> >> >> > >> > >http://siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/encountering-the-other... >> >> >> > >> > > What do you think? >> >> >> > >> > I don't think it's likely to go away. In fact, the newer concepts >> >> > >> > of >> >> > >> > e-books are more likely to fade away than pen-on-paper due to the >> >> > >> > potential for electronic sabotage. Whilst Great Libraries (like >> >> > >> > Alexandria) may burn and destroy many instances of great works, the >> >> > >> > concept of writing won't fade unless the entire species is wiped >> >> > >> > out, >> >> > >> > as even most illiterates know about writing and, given a crises, >> >> > >> > may >> >> > >> > re-develop it, as illiteratacy doesn't, of necessity, imply >> >> > >> > uneducability or lack of intelligence. Heck, we still have The >> >> > >> > Epic >> >> > >> > of Gilgamesh (an example of a very old 'novel') written in >> >> > >> > cuneiform >> >> > >> > on clay tablets, and that's lasted for thousands of years. >> >> >> > >> > Even human extinction may not wipe out literature from the Earth, >> >> > >> > as >> >> > >> > it may pave the way for other species to evolve and create their >> >> > >> > own. >> >> > >> > It would be interesting to hear the tales written by intellectual >> >> > >> > insects: The Story of the Lazy Bee; The Emperor Moth's Post-Pupate >> >> > >> > Clothes; 50 Ways to Kill You Lover by B. Widow and P. Mantis. 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