Re: Pure Culture

["Robert Dickow" <dickow@uidaho.edu>]

I have just signed on to the vision2020 list. Looks interesting. In fact,
the first message, from Andy Shaw, was also the first one I read, and it
immediately raised a question that I just had to ask, and don't have access
to any earlier part of the thread:

What do you mean by 'purity' (...in our communities)?

Ethnic purity? (We certainly don't have that! I'm 25% Italian,
    15% French, 10% English, and have, at times, sported
    a deep tan. I don't know what the other part of the 100% is.)
Racial purity? (Nope, we don't have that either. Ever hear of Vera White or
    Mary Clearman Blue? People come in all colors around the Palouse.)
Political purity? (Although Democrats are in the minority, there are,
nevertheless,
   a smattering of Republicans here and there.)
Religious purity? (Uh...prob'ly not. I'm a Catholic with
Bokononist/pantheistic
    leanings, for example, and in my youth worshipped Tina Turner. My
presence
    alone breaks the religious purity here.)
Moral purity? (...come on!! See previous example.)
Musical purity? (Yes, we do have that. Just listen to some of my
     compositions. Uh... never mind. My style is influenced by Alban Berg.)
Economic purity? (...don't forget about all the 'filthy luchre.' changing
hands
     daily.)
Dietary purity? (No, and while I'm here I'd like to encourage everyone to
   join my new 'Plant's Rights' movement: It is immoral to be a vegetarian,
as
   well as bad for your health. We plan to have weekly meatings.)

Heck, I doubt you could even find a PURE strain of soft winter wheat around
here.

Bob Dickow


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Shaw" <andyshawman2002@yahoo.com>
>
> Dear all, a note of thanks to those who attened our initial
>organization meeting last week in Moscow. The numbers
>who braved the brisk early morning temperatures confirmed
>my firm belief in the need for perserving the purity in the
>communties along the Palouse.