tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post758732435673598311..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Cultural Change: An ExampleGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-75084439184614534632011-04-01T04:03:08.081-06:002011-04-01T04:03:08.081-06:00Good point.
From the article on Susan Smith:
&qu...Good point.<br /><br />From the article on Susan Smith:<br /><br />"<i>Smith initially reported to police, on October 25, 1994, that she had been carjacked by a black man who drove away with her sons still in the car. Smith made tearful pleas on television for the rescue and return of her children.<br /><br />...<br /><br />It later emerged that investigators had been suspicious of Smith's story from the beginning and believed she had actually killed her own children.</i>"<br /><br />Yes. Law enforcement does now usually live up to its name in the south.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-14293196418767332062011-03-31T22:59:45.614-06:002011-03-31T22:59:45.614-06:00Yo, Gus, you quote Robert McElvaine: "The ev...Yo, Gus, you quote Robert McElvaine: "The evidence that Mississippi has changed greatly over the past half-century is clear." True. Another good example of how much the South has changed is old hat, but I've not seen it discussed much in this context (but that could just be me): First, remember <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till" rel="nofollow">Emmett Till</a>? Next, remember <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith" rel="nofollow">Susan Smith</a>? Now imagine Susan Smith telling South Carolina police in 1955 what she told them in 1995.Snedcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-674949159165179982011-03-30T18:06:36.121-06:002011-03-30T18:06:36.121-06:00Thanks for helping me laugh about that for a chang...Thanks for helping me laugh about that for a change!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-29666461420817960542011-03-30T17:41:11.399-06:002011-03-30T17:41:11.399-06:00I've taken to calling the soon-to-be-arriving ...I've taken to calling the soon-to-be-arriving financial/cultural/social upheavals "The Big Re-think". A lot of people will be confronted with the need to rethink some of their most basic ideas - about things like the nature of money and wealth, and under what circumstances they come into existence. Many will avoid this task of course - but many will not. One helpful guide will be this one unusual new movie coming out...Chris Lnoreply@blogger.com