The Legacy Of Rebellion
I stumbled across this interesting video on YouTube. In a snap shot it will explain some of the attitude that many of us possess here in Appalachia and how it came to be. It's from a group called "FreeKeen". Keen, apparently is a town in New Hampshire that is becoming a Libertarian Mecca. It's nearly 10 minutes long.
Times change and some attitudes change with it. But, not all. Not everything. Liquor is still around. Marijuana is not as common a crop here in my corner of Western North Carolina as it is in Kentucky. As far as booby trapping fields, around here it would make enemies of a man. Someone or something innocent could get hurt and that violates principle. The right to be left alone. A man would just lay low and not visit his crop if he suspected it was found by a bystander.
I've walked many a mile in the least visited areas of the Pisgah National Forest and the Nantahala as well, and never came across any growing marijuana. But, I've seen the evidence of stills from the past, and that not so often.
Hope you enjoyed it...
The Appalachianist
Times change and some attitudes change with it. But, not all. Not everything. Liquor is still around. Marijuana is not as common a crop here in my corner of Western North Carolina as it is in Kentucky. As far as booby trapping fields, around here it would make enemies of a man. Someone or something innocent could get hurt and that violates principle. The right to be left alone. A man would just lay low and not visit his crop if he suspected it was found by a bystander.
I've walked many a mile in the least visited areas of the Pisgah National Forest and the Nantahala as well, and never came across any growing marijuana. But, I've seen the evidence of stills from the past, and that not so often.
Hope you enjoyed it...
The Appalachianist
posted by Hill Billy Rave | Tuesday, May 25, 2010
2 Comments:
of course, would a true libertarian allow for national parks?
Hopefully the whiskey that remains will be of good quality and not stuff run through old radiators. Along the Appalachian Trail there are signs of the Whiskey and Shay Rebellions
Sage, good point about National Parks. I personally think that they are too strict in rules. If they were to let Hog Hunters into the Smokey's it could do allot of good. Just an example.
But, I suppose that the AP does go right through that area. One thing I read pointed to the notion that the problem with the Whiskey Rebellion was Whiskey.
Now, I've heard tell of a man that died drinking his own stuff about the time I was a small child. I think people know better than to try a radiator or something these days. At least we hope.
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