Comments on: Alabama Votes Reveal Complex Southern Values http://kevinbasil.com/2004/11/28/alabama-votes-reveal-complex-southern-values/ Decimation & Reconstruction: a weblog Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Huw Raphael http://kevinbasil.com/2004/11/28/alabama-votes-reveal-complex-southern-values/comment-page-1/#comment-2797 Huw Raphael Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:30:12 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/11/28/alabama-votes-reveal-complex-southern-values/#comment-2797 Thanks for the invite, Basil - that's a very good post. I'm not sure if the constitutional changes were one ballot item or more than one. But if "Alabama’s constitution does not guarantee a right to a public education" were listed, I'd have voted to ensure it stays in the constitution: as it is the right of a state to do or not. But then again I'd drain the schools of tax funds and allow for home-schooling and other forms of free market competition. Thanks for the invite, Basil – that’s a very good post.

I’m not sure if the constitutional changes were one ballot item or more than one. But if “Alabama’s constitution does not guarantee a right to a public education” were listed, I’d have voted to ensure it stays in the constitution: as it is the right of a state to do or not. But then again I’d drain the schools of tax funds and allow for home-schooling and other forms of free market competition.

]]> By: Victoria http://kevinbasil.com/2004/11/28/alabama-votes-reveal-complex-southern-values/comment-page-1/#comment-2622 Victoria Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:25:30 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/11/28/alabama-votes-reveal-complex-southern-values/#comment-2622 The word "United" comes in here somewhere, which means that we need to agree on some basic stuff. Africa, for example, is a collection of very definitely non-united states, and it's a heck of a mess in most places. And btw, a RECENT vote repealed a ban on inter-racial marriage?! Good lord, we are *troglodytes*. The word “United” comes in here somewhere, which means that we need to agree on some basic stuff. Africa, for example, is a collection of very definitely non-united states, and it’s a heck of a mess in most places.

And btw, a RECENT vote repealed a ban on inter-racial marriage?! Good lord, we are *troglodytes*.

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