Also, I remember reading, a few years ago, that the memorial for Robert E. Lee is immaculate, while the memorial for Grant is sprayed with graffiti, littered with trash, and in a general state of nastiness.
With values, we don't need laws. Without values, no law we have will ever work.
Paraphrased, anyway, but that's how it works there and here. Like someone said, we revere our history and consider bad behavior an insult to our ancestry.
Except for riddling speed-limit signs with bullets. It may look like bad behavior, but really it ain't..perhaps a southern analogue to graffiti. Or rotating our lead, to keep it fresh. (Nah, it's cuz we like to BLAST things!! :))