[Mr. Douglas]

All I know for sure is that when I hear banjo music, I need to paddle faster. :)

About the movie, sadly, I think there is actually a lot of truth in it, and I base it on what I see where I live. The drug abuse here, and people living off disability is shocking. When I lived in Seattle, I knew almost nobody, my entire 46 years there, that fit into either category.

However, with that said, I use wal-mart as a contradiction to what I just said. To wit, all classes mix where I now live. We all go to Wal-mart because it’s pretty much all there is. And it is a nice place with all sorts of people.

In Seattle, Wal mart was an absolute pit. The clothing section looked like a white trash teenaged girl’s bedroom. Pretty much literally. So we never went there.

i.e. in the big city you can basically avoid the “riff-raff”. In small town America, we all mix together, regardless of class. I am in a southern gospel band that tours a LOT of small churches in a 100 mile radius. I’ve seen all kinds, and a lot of all kinds. I even played in a band with members that could have been extracted right out of that movie.

But yeah, it is focusing on the negative. There are a lot of really good people where I live. It is one of the reasons we moved here!

[Garth Tater]

About the movie, sadly, I think there is actually a lot of truth in it, and I base it on what I see where I live. The drug abuse here, and people living off disability is shocking.

The drug abuse and the people living on disability are two separate things. I don't look down on someone living on disability - there but for the grace of God holds true for all of us and we take care of our own that find themselves in dire straits. Now drugs on the other hand, that's not acceptable. You give in to that demon then you are no longer one of us. Keep it within the bounds and we'll put up with a lot but if you cross the line too many times then you've got to go. In the last twenty years I know of two violent, thieving, drug addicted families (like the Whites in that DVD) that were burned out. They crossed the line too many times and then they had to go - most likely to the big city where things like that are put up with. If you are running into a lot of druggies in your neck of the woods you might want to think about moving farther out - or making your neighborhood less hospitable to those in the drug culture...