Akiba Re: WV hicks

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Oh I know you don't classify them as hicks. They are great people. I am so sad they were lied to and treated the way they were.

Shirley

-- Re: WV "hicks"

Sweetie, *I* don't classify them as "hicks", I'm just saying that people in the big cities and other parts of the states who would see the local people as almost foreign would classify them as Hicks. To me, they are my neighbours, and they are the salt of the Earth in more ways then one. And in their vocabulary, they "been done wrong" Totally. This whole thing is just....so.....wrong. They are good people. They do not deserve this. Yes, when they descend below, they know the risks, as do their families, but to be liedPeace & Blessings,~*~Akiba~*~Pragmatic VisionaryIsis! Isis! Ra! Ra! Ra!akiba@... to? like that? NObody deserves that!!!

WV "hicks"

They definitely aren't hicks. Those miners do more hard work in one day than most people do in a year in their cushy white collar jobs....lol My great grandfather and great uncle worked in coal mines here in South Western Indiana. Grandpa Bert lived to be in his 90's. Can't believe it with all that soot in his lungs, and he smoked a pipe. Goes to show ya how hard work builds a good backbone I guess.

I heard one of the WV relatives say on TV something like we may not be smart but we're family. It has nothing to do with being smart. It's sad they have to live with how others in the US think about WV people. I am glad they have each other. They are going to need the strength of family and community. I feel for them. So sad what they had to endure.

Ok, I'm done. God Bless the miners souls and their family and friends.

Shirley

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