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To: MNI who wrote (12028)	6/15/1999 4:51:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 17770

The patrician class in those states had a firmer social position, and the middle- classes were more numerous and inclined to emulate it. In the territories to the West, the plantations were larger, the towns smaller and fewer, there was more of an aura of fortune- hunting to the slave- owning class, which was often heavily in debt, and there was not so strong a middle- class to mediate between the grandees and the common- folk. Thus, the culture in those states tends to take its cue more so from the laboring classes. Don't get me wrong, I am merely talking comparisons. But, for example, people still care about pedigree in a state like Virginia to an extent that most Americans would find positively European, and politics in Alabama tends to be more "populist"... Derek is merely referring, somewhat ironically, to his living on a small salary with no real savings... It is more a combination of sociology and informal reputation (perhaps folkloric, therefore). "Urban legends" refer to common tales or anecdotes of uncertain origin that are widely believed in or about metropolitan centers. A good example is the tale of the woman who bit into a cooked rat when she thought she had bought a fast- food hamburger. No one knows where it came from, it is widely believed to be true, the details change depending upon area, and yet it appears to be a complete fabrication. Another common one is the belief that full- grown alligators inhabit the sewer system of New York (or Chicago, etc.)... I understand your dislike of the attempt to make foreign policy more scientific than it really is. The term has become so common that I don't give it much thought. Since there are a myriad of political goals that a state can have, but only some of them relate to its territory and/or sphere of influence, I suppose that it has some use...Regards, Neo