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Or maybe diners themselves are islands of southernness amidst the kimchee joints and the latte bars?
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Not up here! Diners are islands of Greekness.
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I've spent a great deal of time in PW county in the past few years. I don't really notice any difference between the people in Manassas and the people in Centerville or Fairfax. Maybe it's because my hometown was so hillbillyish that my senses aren't fined tuned enough to determine the distinctions in sophistication between PW and Fairfax counties.Originally posted by lord of the mark My impression still is that the white folks in PW are more hillbillyish, but TBH I haven spent a super amount of time out there lately. The rising housing prices change all kinds of things, so it may have a lot to do with when someone bought.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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Mebbe. REAL Yankees from Boston or New York still find traces of southern gentility when they hit Wilmington, DE
But then what that may say is that the South is giving way here not to Yankeedom, but to Border States dom, and thats always looked Southern to Yankees, and Northern to Southrons. I think thats more the case.
BTW, Im fascinated by cultural geography in general and youve hit on the cult geo of the area where I live, so dont expect me not to go on about this ad nauseum
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I also find it interesting, and it's also going to be my home in a few months, so feel free to write as much as you'd like about it. I'll be interested, even if no one else is.Originally posted by lord of the mark BTW, Im fascinated by cultural geography in general and youve hit on the cult geo of the area where I live, so dont expect me not to go on about this ad nauseum
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Southern culture is determined by the availability of Sweet Tea, and if that abomination you guys call Unsweetend Tea is available at the same time."The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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I know a lovely diner/casual rest in the City of Alexandria VA. the owner is Greek, the waitresses have a touch of hill billyness (and they serve excellent grits, as well as gyros) and naturally the place is hospitable all around. And theyve known POTM since she was two, and always ask about her if we go in without her.Originally posted by Arrian
Not up here! Diners are islands of Greekness.
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A nice thing, in the huge anonymous metroplex that our nations capital has become."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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No, its when you order "tea" do they assume you want it iced or hot. That was an adjustment at first.Originally posted by Patroklos
Southern culture is determined by the availability of Sweet Tea, and if that abomination you guys call Unsweetend Tea is available at the same time."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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You can get unsweetened tea pretty much anywhere in Williamsburg. I'd say it's more prevelant than that sludge you call sweet tea.Originally posted by Patroklos
Southern culture is determined by the availability of Sweet Tea, and if that abomination you guys call Unsweetend Tea is available at the same time.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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Presumably, they were being accused of promoting a fascist regime in Poland.However, they weren't promoting a fascist regime, as the regime that is promoted by flying that flag was not fascist."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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I would expect that from a person whose culture's culinary claim to fame is baked beans.You can get unsweetened tea pretty much anywhere in Williamsburg. I'd say it's more prevelant than that sludge you call sweet tea."The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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Youre referring to Williamsburg, VA, of course?Originally posted by Wycoff
You can get unsweetened tea pretty much anywhere in Williamsburg. I'd say it's more prevelant than that sludge you call sweet tea."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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Thats the difference between America and Euroland.No, its when you order "tea" do they assume you want it iced or hot. That was an adjustment at first."The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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I see a difference between promoting fascism and promoting a fascist regime. If depends on how the Poles have defined the elements of the crime. Without further knowledge, we can't really settle this issue.Originally posted by Ramo
Presumably, they were being accused of promoting a fascist regime in Poland.
If they were flying a Nazi flag as a way to express their fascist beliefs and to advocate for fascism, then I'd say that they were both promoting fascism and promoting a fascist regime. If they were flying a Confederate flag as a way to express their fascist beliefs and to advocate for fascism, then I'd say that they were promoting fascism, but not a fascist regime.
You could argue that, by flying a symbol of their fascist beliefs (in this case a Confederate flag), they were promoting the fascist regime that they'd like to create if they ever got power in the future. However, I don't see how you could distinguish that from the merely promoting fascism itself.
If promoting fascism itself is against the law, then these guys could be guilty. If the regime promotion part of the law is significant and distinct from a less specific "promoting fascism" law, then I don't think that flying a Confederate flag could satisfy that element of the law.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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Y'all have it all wrong. You can tell you're dealing with Yankees if they use a grill to make BBQ..."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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YesOriginally posted by lord of the mark Youre referring to Williamsburg, VA, of course?I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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