From: "Gary Britt" 

This particular side thread began, when someone in reference to the Florida
Supreme court mentioned that Florida was in the South and tried to imply
that therefore the judges on the Florida Supreme court had to be
conservative because it was the South.  So the point of this side thread
was about the Florida courts and laws not being like a southern state,
WHICH THEY AREN'T.

You and others piled in with cracker comments, but they were not on point
and irrelevant with regard to the origins of this side thread.

Cheers,

Gary


"David N. Barnett"  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:41:52 -0400, "Gary Britt"
>  wrote in message
:
>
> | You obviously don't live in the South.
>
> Where is Arkansas?
>
> | Except for the panhandle area which
> | tends to be a bit more conservative, there isn't anything south about
> | Florida.  This is *especially* true when dealing with Florida's laws and
> | courts *especially* the Florida Supreme Court, which is one of the most
> | liberal state supreme courts in the entire country bar none.  Florida's
> | anti-business climate, worker's comp laws, unemployment laws, etc. are
> | almost on a par with California.   Florida is an extremely expensive
state
> | to do business in for any labor intensive business, due to its very
liberal
> | legal structure.  Florida isn't the south.  Talk to people from Georgia
and
> | Alabama, they know the south.
>
> Since when is the judiciary a reflection of the culture of working
> people?  The term "Cracker" was coined to describe Florida rednecks.
> As soon as you get away from the coastal areas, rural inland Florida
> is 100% mullets and pickup trucks.

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