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Originally Posted by somerfrost
I do agree that a lot of folks like to group people together unfairly...I haven't done that. I lived a number of years in WVa and married my first wife there...I've met some of the most intelligent folks I've known in those mountains. Just because a young woman doesn't know who Moby Dick was is no reason to view her as "inferior", just because she may not be "beautiful" in the eyes of one person doesn't doom her to a life without meaning. In an attempt to be sarcastic in another thread I stated that I think it's disgusting that folks look at me questioningly when I speak of "making Godot look punctual"....
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my gran is from west virginia. a rather unpleasant person btw....
that's true tho-there are many types of intelligence. i read a lot, and have a brain stuffed with generally useless trivia-my husband is not a reader by any means. my children made the mistake once of informing me that i was a lot smarter then my husband. well, they quickly learned that not much sets me off quicker than an attack on my husband-only thing comparable would be an attack on one of my children. i informed them that i know things he does not, but he knows plenty i do not-and that they were doing him an injustice and selling him quite short. of course they're older now, and understand much better and appreciate him a lot.
guy i work with can't spell worth a damn-but he can fix anything and everything, and i have said more than once i enny his knowledge and i have much respect for him.
altho some might disagree, i think this was a pretty good discussion, all things considering.
you're a good person somer, rigid, but i appreciate that-i've been accused of the same thing!