Line Out - Comments on Revenge: Spittin and Killin and 4-Wheel Drives

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:34:44 -0800

I lived for a short while in the woods of West Virginia. I was informed in short order about the way people do things in those parts. The part that stuck with me was "I seen (name of my next neighbor down the way) slit a man's throat. These are not people it will do to mess with. Somebody could come out here any time, kill you, feed you to their dogs, hide the bones out in the woods and Johnny Law would be none the wiser."

They weren't kidding and they weren't lying. Country folks take care of business for themselves. The law barely exists in some of those counties, which have no tax base to speak of and don't want lawmen around anyway (moonshine and marijuana were important economic activities in that neck of the woods). The law don't come looking if nobody calls, and dead people don't call.

Comment by james

james — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:14:20 -0800

very funny, moorman.

very funny, flamingbanjo.

beechnut is disgusting. go skoal. much better.

Comment by godsactionfigure

godsactionfigure — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:02:40 -0800

Trent, I usually enjoy most of your articles. I found this one to be fairly mean.

Comment by trent moorman

trent moorman — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:05:44 -0800

Sorry godsactionfigure,

I didn't mean it to be mean. I just spent some time in the South and was put off by the way they still treat women and are still way racist.

I was reacting to some of that and heard this song and wanted to do something with it.

I probably could have done a better job. Sorry if it offended you.