***The wonderful thing about the people of Mayberry was that they accepted Goober for who he was. He was a hard worker who took a great deal of pride in his work. They didn't care about his education or his double breasted suit with the out of style tie. Goober was Goober. *** I have to agree, one of the biggest strengths of the town (and the show) was lack of judgmentalism. With a few exceptions, everyone seemed to accept everyone for who they were. Even Barney could unfuriate everyone sooner or later but no one in town would ever tolerate seeing him hurt. Sure, everyone gossiped about each other's business and expressed surprise from time to time but you never saw anyone look down on anyone based on their station in life, interests, etc. The few exceptions tend to be out-of-towners like Ed Sawyer and the new doctor, both of which were special circumstances. Even that incident involving the newspaper photo of Helen Crump, involved something that happened out of state, and everyone readily accepted Andy's explanation. Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
