[Ajnin]

This isn’t the 1850’s. By the outbreak of hostilites in 1861 we had two distinct cultures that had clear geographical and economic boundaries. The North and South were in effect two different countries.

[hopespringseternal]

By the outbreak of hostilites in 1861 we had two distinct cultures that had clear geographical and economic boundaries.

Compare the average inner city to a suburb 20 miles away in the red states.

[IronJack]

The North and South were in effect two different countries.

You mean kinda like red and blue America?

[tnlibertarian]

Ever watched 'Bait Car?' Interesting show. Cops put a car out there to be stolen. It has hidden cameras where they can monitor the goings-on and can lock the doors remotely and shut it down and the guy trying to steal the car is trapped. Must have Plexiglas windows, too, because those things take a beating. What I found most interesting on that show is the idea that if the car is in the neighborhood unlocked, then it is theirs. No concept of other people's property rights. The only right versus wrong is whatever you can get away with is right. There is not even any signs of guilt or awareness that what they are doing is wrong.

The geographical boundaries might be drawn differently (urban vs. suburban and rural instead of north vs. south) but there are two distinct cultures. The one I see on Bait Car is as foreign to me as some of the things I see eaten on those Travel Channel shows.