Has anyone from "Bangin' in Little Rock" posted on here yet?

[Bloodfart]

Those are some great posts there. They don't...what is it? Oh! they don't relate to the topic. Anyone want to bring something relevant to this individual topic?

Ok you got me.. guess I better let you bore us with some more of you're fixation about race.

It would seem that your state has a fixation on trying to make petty elementary provocations concerning the topic.
If it bore's you, then maybe you shouldn't read it. I know the reason and rationality contained within must perplex you though.

I'm just sayin' AD that you are a self hating arky and I don't blame you.

[ArthurDent42]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

[gatoveintisiete]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

what difficulties do we have to overcome?

[MarilynKay]

Your right Arthur, racism does exist, I'm black ( actually more brown, but I'm not one to quibble) and I don't like white folks, I'm sure there are some decent ones, but frankly I don't have the time to figure out which ones
they are so I just put them all in the same category.  I don't trust white people like yourself especially, acting as if you've got our back when all you really want to do is control me or make yourself feel like you are the
rare enlightened one or something.  I'm not stupid, and I don't need you to defend me or help me or anything else you sactimonious puke. Oh and before you make some elitest judgement about my racism, know this,
my distrust of white people comes from real world experience of getting burned, and thankfully in this free country, you nor anyone else can force me to put my hand back on the stove.  I'm sure whattever degree you
have in this worthless bs. is really paying off tho.

You sir (or madam) I have the utmost respect for.  I don't agree with you on the whys and how comes--but yep racism exists on all sides.
I lived for a while in the Delta region of Arkansas--and frankly can understand why African-Americans/Blacks whatever you prefer, have racist views against Whitey...
I live in Montana now--and understand why Native Americans still hate the whites.

Like I said, don't agree with you on the reasons--but do understand why.

Call me Pollyanna, I hope some day we can all just get along and not have these differences and racism.

[kyles]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

Look, I get it. It can be tough living in Arky and having to drink the water that our sewers empty into. So just hitch up them overalls and keep your chin up! Things are looking up for the Fightin' Waltons.

[Bloodfart]

People's attitudes are a product of their upbringing.  That includes parents, community, and environment.  
It takes a long time to develope these tendanies, and I don't think   is going to work.  So just accept the
reality that arkansas is the armpit of the modern world.  You might be able to sleep better at night.

[ECO_CAT]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

So when you say you want a "civil discussion" you actually mean you want to have another "civil war"? Let's be honest here, the only reason Arkansas accepted a bid to the "Cotton bowl" was so they could re-establish plantations in the south. I'm sick and tired of people like you. You already lost the civil war, you're about to loose the Cotton bowl. K-State's victory will signify racial equality for all.

[MarilynKay]

People's attitudes are a product of their upbringing.  That includes parents, community, and environment.  
It takes a long time to develope these tendanies, and I don't think   is going to work.  So just accept the
reality that arkansas is the armpit of the modern world.  You might be able to sleep better at night.

LOL!  I felt that way when I lived in the Delta region--but to be fair, we were only 30 min from Mississippi.  If I never have to smell cotton defoliant again it will be too soon.


Every state, INCLUDING Kansas has places that just suck.  I bet when you think of Montana, you think of mountains.  Yeah, there's mountains--but only in the central and western regions.  Eastern Montana is flat, barren and depressing....

[ArthurDent42]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

So when you say you want a "civil discussion" you actually mean you want to have another "civil war"? Let's be honest here, the only reason Arkansas accepted a bid to the "Cotton bowl" was so they could re-establish plantations in the south. I'm sick and tired of people like you. You already lost the civil war, you're about to loose the Cotton bowl. K-State's victory will signify racial equality for all.

No, I said civil discussion. If you want to make a thread where you make things up based on similar words, you can do that in the corner by yourself.

[ArthurDent42]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

Look, I get it. It can be tough living in Arky and having to drink the water that our sewers empty into. So just hitch up them overalls and keep your chin up! Things are looking up for the Fightin' Waltons.

So nothing intelligent to add other than an uninformed joke about water quality?

[ArthurDent42]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

what difficulties do we have to overcome?

The fact that there should be a living wage instead of a minimum wage.
The fact that all tax paying citizens of the US should be able to go the the hospital without worry.
Laws that are created based on institutionalized racism.
Products of a national bureaucracy created around institutionalized racism.
The xenophobic laws in Arizona, Utah, and Alabama against Hispanic peoples.
The fact that LGBT people can not marry.
The hatefully generalistic views against Islam.
The pay gap between males and females.
 
There are many more...

[ArthurDent42]

People's attitudes are a product of their upbringing.  That includes parents, community, and environment.  
It takes a long time to develope these tendanies, and I don't think   is going to work.  So just accept the
reality that arkansas is the armpit of the modern world.  You might be able to sleep better at night.

LOL!  I felt that way when I lived in the Delta region--but to be fair, we were only 30 min from Mississippi.  If I never have to smell cotton defoliant again it will be too soon.


Every state, INCLUDING Kansas has places that just suck.  I bet when you think of Montana, you think of mountains.  Yeah, there's mountains--but only in the central and western regions.  Eastern Montana is flat, barren and depressing....

I saw a documentary on a school district and community that was in Mississippi, but in the Delta region and near the Arkansas border. It was both depressing and extremely frustrating the bullshit the people and school teachers/admins had to go through.   

[extra point]

Can I speak for what is considered the two Northwestern counties in Arkansas where the UofA and Fayetteville is located?

My MSA, aka Fayetteville AR, has been named to the Top 10-15 of Best Places To LIve And Work for over a decade by Forbes, Money, Kiplinger and a host of other publications.  There are over 300 of the Fortune 500 in the world who have offices in our quaint little MSA of 465,000 people.  Your entire state has 3 Fortune 500 companies and yet our 2 counties in the northwest corner of Arkansas have 2 not counting JB Hunt which is the largest privately owned trucking company in the world.

In the last 10 years, our university has raised over $1.5 billion in academic endowment funds.  Outside of that, we have spent $250MM on athletic facilities since 1992 and just announced another $300MM in athletic facilities including the $35MM football operations center where construction began a month ago.

DO NOT confuse the Benton and Washington counties where the UofA is located with a poor little ole Arkansas.  Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Bridges Museum which houses THE best collection of American Art in the world just opened last month which cost well over $1 billion.  New art sharing was just struck with museums in Paris and around Europe as well as all around the U.S.

I've been driving south on I-35 and West on I-70 to get to ski resorts in Colorado for 35+ years.  If I judged Kansas ONLY on those driving experiences, I'd say it's the wasteland of the midwest.  However, I'm not that short-sighted.  And all of you K-State fans should realize those of us living in Northwest Arkansas where Fayetteville is located is far more advanced and sophisticated than you EVER imagined just as I don't judge KS on my experience.

Oh, and Little Rock is as bad as it seems in those HBO specials.  But Northwest Arkansas has a VERY low crime rate and has NOTHING like the problems portrayed in the HBO documentaries of Little Rock which is 3 hours away.

[We Are Better Than You]

People's attitudes are a product of their upbringing.  That includes parents, community, and environment.  
It takes a long time to develope these tendanies, and I don't think   is going to work.  So just accept the
reality that arkansas is the armpit of the modern world.  You might be able to sleep better at night.

LOL!  I felt that way when I lived in the Delta region--but to be fair, we were only 30 min from Mississippi.  If I never have to smell cotton defoliant again it will be too soon.


Every state, INCLUDING Kansas has places that just suck.  I bet when you think of Montana, you think of mountains.  Yeah, there's mountains--but only in the central and western regions.  Eastern Montana is flat, barren and depressing....

Like most KSU fans lives...especially living in Kansas... and being part of a fan base that gets to cheer for a team once or twice in a decade before the vicious cycle of no names spew through their campus at Manhattan

[8manpick]

Dear ArthurDent42,

We really don't care about your philosophy degree.  If this pretentious drivel gets worse, we'll bring in Mendenhall to take you down, and nobody really wants that.

Thanks,
8manpick


P.S: Nice s/n, my XBL gamertag was Zaphod42 at one point.

[schreds21]

I wanted to try and turn this into some sort of productive discussion

 You definitely took a wrong turn on the bbs highway if that's what you're looking for on this board.

[Dugout DickStone]

I wanted to try and turn this into some sort of productive discussion

 You definitely took a wrong turn on the bbs highway if that's what you're looking for on this board.

He is in over his head.

[ArthurDent42]

Dear ArthurDent42,

We really don't care about your philosophy degree.  If this pretentious drivel gets worse, we'll bring in Mendenhall to take you down, and nobody really wants that.

Thanks,
8manpick


P.S: Nice s/n, my XBL gamertag was Zaphod42 at one point.

Oh I know, it's just difficult for me to disengage from an argument sometimes, especially after the  .


LoL I love the books and movie, haven't heard the old radio version yet.

[ew2x4]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

You're doing it wrong.

[gatoveintisiete]

Dear ArthurDent42,

We really don't care about your philosophy degree.  If this pretentious drivel gets worse, we'll bring in Mendenhall to take you down, and nobody really wants that.

Thanks,
8manpick


P.S: Nice s/n, my XBL gamertag was Zaphod42 at one point.

Hey Arthur, I don't like you because you are white. 

Oh I know, it's just difficult for me to disengage from an argument sometimes, especially after the  .


LoL I love the books and movie, haven't heard the old radio version yet.

[ArthurDent42]

 

[gatoveintisiete]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

what difficulties do we have to overcome?

The fact that there should be a living wage instead of a minimum wage.
The fact that all tax paying citizens of the US should be able to go the the hospital without worry.
Laws that are created based on institutionalized racism.
Products of a national bureaucracy created around institutionalized racism.
The xenophobic laws in Arizona, Utah, and Alabama against Hispanic peoples.
The fact that LGBT people can not marry.
The hatefully generalistic views against Islam.
The pay gap between males and females.
 
There are many more...

not a lot of problems here....
If somebody doesn't pay me enough, I move on to the highest bidder
I buy health insurance and go to hospitals just fine.
not concerned with institutionalized racism
those states don't have a problem with hispanic citizens.
how could they marry? they are the same sex dummy.
who has time to figure out who the non terrorists are.
You have a point here, I should make what Opra makes.

[ArthurDent42]

You speak for yourself.

[ew2x4]

Lets get back to how piggies tried to make a gang problem a race problem.

[ECO_CAT]

No, I have no semi-nationalistic view of my state. I know there are difficulties that we have overcome and still need to overcome. I just wonder why many folks on here would rather engage in schoolyard provocation tactics than actually have an intelligent and civil discussion on what seems to be a very popular topic.

So when you say you want a "civil discussion" you actually mean you want to have another "civil war"? Let's be honest here, the only reason Arkansas accepted a bid to the "Cotton bowl" was so they could re-establish plantations in the south. I'm sick and tired of people like you. You already lost the civil war, you're about to loose the Cotton bowl. K-State's victory will signify racial equality for all.

No, I said civil discussion. If you want to make a thread where you make things up based on similar words, you can do that in the corner by yourself.

Maybe I will! Racist!