"I'm not going to try to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice to Ford, has tried to do it, and fallen short. It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance and spirit of south Louisiana in words...IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS."
-Chris Rose, N.O. Times-Picayune, 8/29/06
And didn't we settle this whole "refugee" thing on like Aug. 30, 2005?
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Anonymous
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Oh good god, no pun intended. And Quakers to boot. These people have traditionally. . . . .
Nevermind. Apparently this is either a. a rogue offshoot of Quakers, or b. a group of fear mongering idiots.
Either way, this is really appalling and sad. I am pretty sure that Christianity is at the base of their religious beliefs right? What happened to "you are your brother's keeper?" I guess they feel only the folks in their provincial little town are their brothers and the rest, well, they might just as well keep them away or dead.
GEEZ!
I owe you a phone call. Will do that this weekend.
2 comments:
Oh good god, no pun intended. And Quakers to boot. These people have traditionally. . . . .
Nevermind. Apparently this is either a. a rogue offshoot of Quakers, or b. a group of fear mongering idiots.
Either way, this is really appalling and sad. I am pretty sure that Christianity is at the base of their religious beliefs right? What happened to "you are your brother's keeper?" I guess they feel only the folks in their provincial little town are their brothers and the rest, well, they might just as well keep them away or dead.
GEEZ!
I owe you a phone call. Will do that this weekend.
Have you seen this:
http://www.mathewgross.com/community/aggregator/categories/13?page=1
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