Update on Nathan Warmak

[yoippari]

Well it finally hit our local news. Just saw it tonight on the 11o'clock news. probably the same thing the rest of you guys saw.

[macwilkin]

I would suggest retraint. We were having a nice crac on another thread about human "tribalism". A small town, and this one is about village sized, is very much a tribe. Either your great grandfather got busted for snitching apples from the Mayor's grandfathers orchard or you are "other". And "other" is always suspect and somewhat feared. If a hoard of "others" show up spoiling for a fight, the villagers will line up on the village green sholder to sholder, shields overlapped, and die to the man where they stand to protect "their" village/tribe from the sassanach (outlanders)...food for thought. Human nature trumps logic and reason every time.

R the Ancient

Royce,

You've just described the Ozarks to a "T". Vance Randolph, the famous Ozark folklorist who collected songs, poems, stories, etc. for 40 or more years here in the Ozarks was one of the few "outsiders" to be accepted by the hillfolk (he was from SE Kansas) -- I remember reading a story in his book "Ozark Magic and Folklore" where a man who had lived 50 years in the Ozarks, but had not been born here, was still considered an "outsider" by his neighbours!

Cheers,

Todd

[Blu (Ontario)]

I am beginning to feel sorry for the principal, how can he issue an apology without feeling somehow pressured in doing so? Maybe he knows that we who signed the petition are right (as we know we are) and cannot find a way to let Nathan wear his kilt without eating "crow"...

Somebody should inform him that crow doesn't taste that bad... sorta like chicken, actually.

blu

[royce52]

Somebody should inform him that crow doesn't taste that bad... sorta like chicken, actually.

blu

From personal exsperence I can tell you,,,crow itself is not so bad,,,but the feathers leave a horrible after taste. ;-)
Ancient Coyote

[pmack]

Nathan will be speaking on WMUA.org radio out of Boston. It's UMass radio at 11:15 central time. I didn't know if you wanted to know.

[royce52]

Nathan will be speaking on WMUA.org radio out of Boston. It's UMass radio at 11:15 central time. I didn't know if you wanted to know.

Silly lassie!!! Of course we are interested!

Here is the direct link to the radio page.

http://www.wmua.org/listen/index.html

[royce52]

Royce,

You've just described the Ozarks to a "T". Vance Randolph, the famous Ozark folklorist who collected songs, poems, stories, etc. for 40 or more years here in the Ozarks was one of the few "outsiders" to be accepted by the hillfolk (he was from SE Kansas) -- I remember reading a story in his book "Ozark Magic and Folklore" where a man who had lived 50 years in the Ozarks, but had not been born here, was still considered an "outsider" by his neighbours!

Cheers,

Todd

I know a bit about the hill people. My dad was 16 years old when they moved from Bear Creek Holler in north west Arkansas to Oklahoma. When I was wee we made several trips up there to take grandpaw and grandmaw "home" to visit the folks they left behind. Sadly it's all under several hundred feet of water now. Bull Shoals Lake flooded all the hills and hollers where all the stories I grew up on took place.

R

[Iolaus]

Silly lassie!!! Of course we are interested!

Here is the direct link to the radio page.

http://www.wmua.org/listen/index.html

Just heard her announce the upcoming interview.

I had a problem with the pop-up, so I tried the direct .ram link - http://www.masslive.com/ram/wmua.ram

[Iolaus]

So, apparently he does have special permission to wear the kilt to his Prom? I agree with him though, the dress code needs to be officially clarified so that this doesn't happen again.

Good interview.

[royce52]

So, apparently he does have special permission to wear the kilt to his Prom? I agree with him though, the dress code needs to be officially clarified so that this doesn't happen again.

Good interview.

Very mature for an 18 year old!! Most kids that age would be happy to just get their way...ie permission to wear his kilt to the prom. Nathan is holding out for everyone that wants to be able to wear formal cultural attire. Shows the begining of character. That laddie is growing up to be a son to be proud of.

R