[lbo-talk] Southern vs. Northern violence

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Mon May 7 10:11:42 PDT 2007



>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>... I don't share Carl's view of the South as hopelessly and
>irredeemably backward ...

I'm not quite as deterministic as that. As I posted earlier:


>I will be happy to praise the South lavishly as soon as the states of the
>former Confederacy show national leadership in public education, public
>health, public housing, occupational safety, workers' rights, business
>regulation, progressive taxation, etc. And I will offer my heartiest
>commendations to Dixie if it ceases its worshipful attitude toward the
>armed
>forces, closes its many military bases and shows national leadership in
>promoting antiwar policies.

But I do think it's high time that the South pull its head out of its ass and get on with the business of being civilized.

Carl

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