Just in case I haven't mentioned it lately, you're definitely Cute When Vehement. :)
Now I'm feeling all cosmopolitan and informed.
You know, as a southerner, I can identify with a lot of what you're saying. After all, a disproportionate number of military folks come from the south, in part due to lack of economic opportunities. So it's our folks going around the world, doing the sitting around & fighting & dying. I've even been known to spout genocidal yankee conspiracy theories; although, given the extensive Scottish-Irish descent of lots of southerners, one might think of fighting as a historical or cultural, as well as economic, imperative.
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Date: 2005-08-07 07:13 pm (UTC)Just in case I haven't mentioned it lately, you're definitely Cute When Vehement. :)
Now I'm feeling all cosmopolitan and informed.
You know, as a southerner, I can identify with a lot of what you're saying. After all, a disproportionate number of military folks come from the south, in part due to lack of economic opportunities. So it's our folks going around the world, doing the sitting around & fighting & dying. I've even been known to spout genocidal yankee conspiracy theories; although, given the extensive Scottish-Irish descent of lots of southerners, one might think of fighting as a historical or cultural, as well as economic, imperative.
We have our own ongoing flag controversies, too.