Is Bavaria the Texas of Germany?

[Q Classic]

they also seem to be of the country type. i mean, the bavarians and lederhosen, the texans and their cattle...

[laurentius]

I go sometimes out with my knife

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Saras
Knives don't kill people.

You're right. Stabbing kills people.

[Kropotkin]

So, in that case, shouldn't we arrest this Stabbing-character?

[SlowwHand]

Re: Is Bavaria the Texas of Germany?

Originally posted by Stefu
The thread about German conservatives winning in Bavaria got me thinking about the old question - is Bavaria the Texas of Germany? My theory is that every country has a Texas. For instance, Finland's Texas is clearly the area of Pohjanmaa, which is big wide area that is conservative, religious, aggressive, and has a strong regional identity. Of course, there are differences - while everyone in Texas carries a gun, everyone in Pohjanmaa carries a knife.

Anyway, back to Texas and Bavaria, here's a chart of comparisons:

http://axolotl.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/users/dang/texbav.html

(Incidentally, this would probably make America the Texas of the world.)

Looks comparable to me.
Except for two mistakes.
Re: Texas music, and merely thinking Texas is a seperate nation.

[Sava]

It seems as if the rest of Germany has as much contempt about Bavaria as America over Texas. To be fair though, I think Bavaria has produced more dangerous conservatives than Texas.

[BeBMan]

Yeah, the feud between Bavaria and the rest of the country has tradition. Bavarians tend to label all non-Bavarians as Prussians (Sau-Preissen ), while we call them dumb peasants

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Sava
It seems as if the rest of Germany has as much contempt about Bavaria as America over Texas.

Being a non-bavarian living in Bavaria, I know both worlds and I can say, that this contempt doesn't disturb Bavarians the least. They know, that it comes from the "Breiss'n" (Prussians, you got to know, that every non-bavarian regardless of his nationality is a "Breiss") and therefor can be completely ignored. It's a common mistake to believe, that Breiss'n have anything to with human beings. Not only do they talk an un-godly accent (there's only one way to pronounce German: the Bavarian accent), but some of them are even Protestants or heathens at all . This can't be tolerated.

To be fair though, I think Bavaria has produced more dangerous conservatives than Texas.

Who are you talking about? Austria is not a part of Bavaria.

[Harovan]

Ugh, Bebro... great minds think alike.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph


Being a non-bavarian living in Bavaria, I know both worlds and I can say, that this contempt doesn't disturb Bavarians the least.

Being a Native Texan, living in Texas, I can say that what people like Sava say (for instance) matters...none.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by SlowwHand


Being a Native Texan, living in Texas, I can say that what people like Sava say (for instance) matters...none.

And yet, I find you responding to some of Sava's posts.

[SlowwHand]

Missed a mistake earlier.

Locals given to yodeling ? Uh, no.
You're in the same sinking rowboat as Sava.
Not caring doesn't equal ignore, poofy.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Missed a mistake earlier.

Locals given to yodeling ? Uh, no.
You're in the same sinking rowboat as Sava.
Not caring doesn't equal ignore, poofy.

Ah . . . so that's why you don't have me on ignore, even though you don't care what I say.

[Paul Hanson]

Judging by the criteria laid out on that site, the Texas of the UK is Wales. That just doesn't seem right.

[DanS]

Americans from other states don't have much animosity or envy towards Texans.