----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:36 PM Subject: Re: Brawl erupts after song played at rodeo
> Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, the patriot that started the whole thing is from > > > AUSTIN and the kid he > > > attacked was from HOUSTON? > > > > > > Only the rodeo. Only around the time of SXSW in > > > Austin. > > > > > > Sheesh. > > > > > > (That was the most unbelievable detail of the story. > > > The rest I could see > > > all too easily.) > > > > > > Julia > > > > I think you're going to have to explain that for the > > non-Texans among us, Julia. > > OK. > > 1) Austin is pretty much the most liberal city in Texas. There is a much > higher concentration of peaceniks in Austin than anywhere else in Texas > that I'm aware of. > > 2) Houston is more typically Texan, and if you took a poll regarding > attitudes on the war, I believe that more people in Houston would be in > favor of it than people in Austin would be. > > 3) The rodeo is a little more likely to attract people of the pro-war > bent than some other venues. > > 4) Especially compared to the film & arts festival, South by Southwest > (abbreviated SXSW) that has been going on in Austin for the past 10 days. > There have been all *kinds* of film screenings and all *kinds* of live > music performances, and a lot of the music performances (which have been > going on more recently than the film festival part of it) are very much > *not* Country. > > 5) So someone living in Austin who'd really like to go to a rodeo and be > listening to Country and standing for the song that standing is not > required for would probably be a lot happier going to Houston for the > rodeo and avoiding Austin during SXSW. > > Does that help? > > (When I told my husband about it over dinner, he sided with the kid who > didn't stand, and when I told him the detail about who was from where, he > was incredulous.) > Just goes to show you how overgeneralization and stereotyping can happen even to the best of us. But then, that's pretty much the moral of this story. xponent Rodeo Maru rob Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
