[COB1]

New York is different, Race.
I was amazed the times I was there at the way people would shout obscenities at each other, and it never came to blows!
Normally in Texas if the obscenities start, then the fists start flying shortly after.

[GaConfed]

You know, I noticed the very same thing in NYC, and have made the exact same comparisons with my hometown here in Georgia. It's cultural in nature I think. In NYC words don't mean anything. In Texas and Georgia words mean a hell of a lot. A lot of moral judgments are made simply because of ones attitude concerning words. For instance, words are involved in the act of lying. Therefore, since words don't mean anything in NYC, then lying doesn't mean anything either. That is why NYC is a Blue state and Texas and Georgia are Red states.