
Originally Posted by
Amaya
As far as the silly remark about it being hell... it is Hell. Literally. The town is called "Hell for certain" and it's impossible to order anything UPS because of it.
If it
'is hell literally', then my remark was not the silly one was it? I arrived at 'hell' from the over dramatisation of your post with regard to how awful your home town was. You now agree that term is appropriate, so to refer to my use of it as 'silly' is contradictory don't ya think! I was merely tuning into your inner angst about your home town.
Meanwhile, this thread is my declaration that no one place is full of one type of person. Your reply contradicted that assertion using your home town as an example. Thus YOU claim yourself to also be part of the problem that you see as existing in your home town. Is this correct?
If it is not correct and you consider that you are not part of that mob mentality, then YOU are different, you are an individual, you are not the product of your environment but a product of nature, which in my view has more influence than nurture.
Thus to disagree with my point on the basis your home town is populated by backward hillbillies and yet propose you are the ONE decent person in the twon, is either very egotisical or short sighted.
I am guessing shortsighted in that there will also be many other members of your community who are like you. IE Not part of the mob, and not backward hillbillies.
That is the basis of my point. WE are NOT all the same in any single culture in terms of humour, compassion, intelligence,empathy,courage etc. But we are all the same in that we are susceptible in different measures to mob mentality. Different measures exist everywhere.