Re: Break in the JonBenet Ramsey case


Karen C. wrote:
Exactly! I know a lady who lives in Alaska (which is where Susan
says she was born). She'd never dream of saying any of the kinds
of things Susan says about southerners--even if that's what she
truly believed. So I wouldn't put all Alaskans (or northerners,
for that matter) into the same barrel. People are either nice
people, or they're not--regardless of where they're located or
where they were born.


Karen,

Not to comment on Susan, regular Northerners, or the comments, people
in Alaska are different.

I know quite a few to say the least. Except in writing this, I now
remember back to Argentenians, and they are very much the same. The
Argentines would think nothing of the first thing out of their mouth
when you walked in the door after not seeing them for 18 months, of
saying something about the large pimple on your nose. I found that
very strange. They didn't think it was insulting or anything abnormal
to point out body imperfections. In my family, we might kid a sister
about it in private, but my parents, or any other adults I knew, would
never comment on things like that. I am sure they thought it, but they
would never say it.

Okay, now back to Alaskans. To Alaskans, every other place in the US
is called "outside." There is nothing good about "outside." There is
not particularly anything good about anyone from "outside." True
Alaskans aren't even impressed with visitors because of the oil money
they don't really need the tourism industry. I am sure the hotel
owners and restaurant owners might disagree, but they weren't
particularly disagree openly with the diehards. As there are less and
less mom and pop businesses, there is even more dislike of the
"outsiders" because no one they know benefits from the abuse of the
land.

They also do not care for laws, gays, taxes, government or the
pipeline. They are picketing fixing the current BP problem and hoping
that the pipeline will be permanently closed. Of course, this would
hurt them and their wallets, but they only see the short view.

They dislike traffic, smells, tree huggers (although they are tree
huggers), people who hunt and call it subsistence (and have an income
of 500,000 and don't need subistence), Asians as a whole, big business,
but particularly Asian big business (Holland America and Princess
Cruise lines), motorhome drivers, Republicans, Democrats, and just
about everyone else I haven't mentioned.

They feel the need to apologize for me being as liberal as I am, make
excuses for me not knowing any better when I talk about saving the
wolves and ng people who don't know any better (let them get killed by
a moose they will soon learn).

You know I keep going back because I love the country. The things they
complain about are things that I have to accept in my every day life
"outside." Their narrow mindedness as a population in the whole is
difficult for me. They become more vocal about it when they visit me.
They are exposed to everything they hate in California, so it is more
obvious. I continuously remind them that it is painful for me that
they are so judgmental about other people when they visit and I would
prefer if they could try and keep those opinions to themselves. There
isn't particularly anything good about where I love, except it is
beautiful, warm in the winter, and they have a free comfortable B&B.

Now, I know that I am painting a very wide brush here, and Floyd will
probably show back up and dispute it, but he is a fine example of what
I speak. Right now, he is in a fight with several other posters on
another newsgroup about some of these things. I love my friends and
have met very few people in Alaska that I wouldn't break bread with, or
invite to my home, but it is a constant battle for me to overlook some
of their preconceived ideas of what "outside" and "outsiders" are
really like. Mind you, many of these people were not born in Alaska,
but feel Home now that they are there.


Janice

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