RE: Proof that people are morons.
May 20, 2015 at 1:12 pm
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2015 at 1:20 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(May 19, 2015 at 8:30 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Wow you familt left an Islamic shithole fr a Christian one, no shade
Neither place was a shithole if you were an American, and the Shah's Iran was pretty secular.
(May 19, 2015 at 8:30 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I have respect for Shah Iran though, it'better than the Iran that's there today
Perhaps. I don't think anyone here on this forum has much of an idea what things are like inside Iran currently. The Shah's regime was a brutal one, using torture as a means of punishment, with no respect for human rights (which is why Carter withdrew American support for him in 1977), who had no qualms at all about sending armored vehicles against his own people when they protested. I think the only real difference is the costumes the leaders wear, and the costumes they force the women to wear.
(May 20, 2015 at 11:02 am)Faith No More Wrote: I haven't been to East Texas, but I do know that much of the gene pool in the panhandle is scrapings from the bottom of the barrel. That must have been a true culture shock, because Texans are extremely insulated. Even my own relatives look at me like I'm a foreigner, because I'm from Michigan.
I found (and still find) it frustrating, that they should take such pride in being so parochial. It should be noted that that wasn't just in Texas, though; a year after our return, we moved to Central California, and my schoolmates there were equally ignorant of the broader world.
I think this is because America is such a large country that it's hard enough for most Americans to learn much about the different parts of their own countries. 30-minutes news shows never left much time for international affairs. Most newspapers tend to bury world news on page 3 or 5.
East Texas is the closest you'll get to the Old South in this state -- the rest of the state is western, if you take my meaning, not southern. But East Texas is closer to Mississippi than Midland/Odessa, and it shows in every way.
