"only Rubes wear bandanas" and other myths

[cfaustus]

I won't post the whole thing, but here is a link to a very interesting article in Harpers which discusses the paradox of the US status as rich and some of its closely held values.

http://harpers.org/ExcerptTheChristianParadox.html

[cfaustus]

Actually, maybe this discussion should shift to the Politics Forum???

[Zilverzmurfen]

Originally Posted by cfaustus

Actually, maybe this discussion should shift to the Politics Forum???

Hm...since when is the use of bandanas whilst fencing a political statement..?

[Inquartata]

Originally Posted by el chucko

I suppose I think of poverty on more of a global, or even historical scale than most people, and I guess it could be said that everything is relative.

OK. Well, yes, in the sense of comparisons to, say, starving children in Niger, poverty does not even exist in the industrialized world...

I feel like such a codger.

Go with that. Join us! Surrender to the allure of crabby cynicism, the joys of querulous indignation; become a curmudgeon today! I welcome you to the brotherhood!

[Inquartata]

Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen

Hm...since when is the use of bandanas whilst fencing a political statement..?

As long as it's not a Red one or a Blue one...

Or three Purple ones.