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		<title>By: Jen</title>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2008/11/11/can-someone-check-my-neck/comment-page-1/#comment-21489</link>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Quote: &quot;PS - I thought the first few questions were racist, sexist, and disgusting, and IMHO - don’t contribute to the scoring in any meaningful way.&quot;

I respectfully disagree...the term &quot;redneck&quot; is in itself judgemental and, if not racist (although the term is used almost exclusively on caucasians), then certainly a decisive descriptor on a persons social standing.  Are there female rednecks?  Sure...but they are usually also described using other colourful adjectives, and are only ultimately dubbed rednecks through the association of their male counterparts.

Anyhoo...I didn&#039;t make up the stereotype, I just listed what the sterotype entails.  Although you may have found the questions offensive, they are legitimate.  Here was the source of my redneck definition: http://bsornot.whipnet.net/redneck/redneck.defined.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quote: &#8220;PS &#8211; I thought the first few questions were racist, sexist, and disgusting, and IMHO &#8211; don’t contribute to the scoring in any meaningful way.&#8221;</p>
<p>I respectfully disagree&#8230;the term &#8220;redneck&#8221; is in itself judgemental and, if not racist (although the term is used almost exclusively on caucasians), then certainly a decisive descriptor on a persons social standing.  Are there female rednecks?  Sure&#8230;but they are usually also described using other colourful adjectives, and are only ultimately dubbed rednecks through the association of their male counterparts.</p>
<p>Anyhoo&#8230;I didn&#8217;t make up the stereotype, I just listed what the sterotype entails.  Although you may have found the questions offensive, they are legitimate.  Here was the source of my redneck definition: <a href="http://bsornot.whipnet.net/redneck/redneck.defined.html" rel="nofollow">http://bsornot.whipnet.net/redneck/redneck.defined.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Greg</title>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2008/11/11/can-someone-check-my-neck/comment-page-1/#comment-21458</link>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PS - I thought the first few questions were racist, sexist, and disgusting, and IMHO - don&#039;t contribute to the scoring in any meaningful way.  :wink:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PS &#8211; I thought the first few questions were racist, sexist, and disgusting, and IMHO &#8211; don&#8217;t contribute to the scoring in any meaningful way.  <img src='http://www.scratchley.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=':wink:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: John Scratchley</title>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2008/11/11/can-someone-check-my-neck/comment-page-1/#comment-21456</link>
		<dc:creator>John Scratchley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: Red-neck check list.....damn, I DO NOT qualify.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: Red-neck check list&#8230;..damn, I DO NOT qualify.</p>
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		<title>By: Scratch</title>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2008/11/11/can-someone-check-my-neck/comment-page-1/#comment-21455</link>
		<dc:creator>Scratch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whew I only scored 4.   My response will take more space than this comment - so watch for a post. :)  And no - I have no intention of arguing,  just offering a better understanding of the contrary position.

Hugs!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whew I only scored 4.   My response will take more space than this comment &#8211; so watch for a post. <img src='http://www.scratchley.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   And no &#8211; I have no intention of arguing,  just offering a better understanding of the contrary position.</p>
<p>Hugs!</p>
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		<title>By: Jen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So your argument is that redneckism is a state of mind?  Although you have articulately argued the justification for slaughtering animals...colouring it any other way doesn&#039;t change the fact that you are still choosing to take a life.  
Does choosing to take a life automatically make you a redneck?  I am sure that there are many self-proclaimed rednecks out there that have never hunted, trapped, or fished a thing.
So...I don&#039;t think you have truly embraced the redneck mantra - but I wonder where the motivation comes from to kill things.
I&#039;m sorry, but killing things is just never ok for me.  Not when you consider where we live, what food is available to us (although don&#039;t get me started on the unethical treatment of farm animals that are unlucky enough to be raised as food sources for us), and recognizing how delicate our eco-system is.  The idea of driving into some animals natural habitat, loading a gun, and picking off creatures at random (because they are *so* overpopulated) is a little bit appalling to me.

&lt;strong&gt;Here is your redneck checklist:&lt;/strong&gt;
Are you caucasion?
Are you male?
Is your sexual orientaion heterosexual?
Do you drink cheap beer and/or Jack Daniels?
Do you have a beer belly?
Are you distrustful of anyone &quot;not like you&quot;?
Are you distrustful of your government?
Do you live in trailer?
Do you own a beat up pick-up truck?
Does your vehicle have a gun rack in it?
Do you wear sleeveless shirts?
Do you have a mullet or sideburns (or both)?
Do you have bad teeth (and I don&#039;t mean a lot of cavities)?
Do you watch NASCAR, pro wrestling, and/or monster truck rallies?
Do you hunt?
Do you shoot at/collect road signs and lights?
Do you have junked cars, car parts, and/or large appliances on your lawn?
Do you prefer to listen to Country music or Southern rock bands like Lynyrd Skynard?

I&#039;d say if you answer yes to 5 of these or less, you&#039;re safe; more than 5 and you&#039;re well on your way to earning that big ol trucker hat and wifebeater; more than 10...o noes you need an intervention!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So your argument is that redneckism is a state of mind?  Although you have articulately argued the justification for slaughtering animals&#8230;colouring it any other way doesn&#8217;t change the fact that you are still choosing to take a life.<br />
Does choosing to take a life automatically make you a redneck?  I am sure that there are many self-proclaimed rednecks out there that have never hunted, trapped, or fished a thing.<br />
So&#8230;I don&#8217;t think you have truly embraced the redneck mantra &#8211; but I wonder where the motivation comes from to kill things.<br />
I&#8217;m sorry, but killing things is just never ok for me.  Not when you consider where we live, what food is available to us (although don&#8217;t get me started on the unethical treatment of farm animals that are unlucky enough to be raised as food sources for us), and recognizing how delicate our eco-system is.  The idea of driving into some animals natural habitat, loading a gun, and picking off creatures at random (because they are *so* overpopulated) is a little bit appalling to me.</p>
<p><strong>Here is your redneck checklist:</strong><br />
Are you caucasion?<br />
Are you male?<br />
Is your sexual orientaion heterosexual?<br />
Do you drink cheap beer and/or Jack Daniels?<br />
Do you have a beer belly?<br />
Are you distrustful of anyone &#8220;not like you&#8221;?<br />
Are you distrustful of your government?<br />
Do you live in trailer?<br />
Do you own a beat up pick-up truck?<br />
Does your vehicle have a gun rack in it?<br />
Do you wear sleeveless shirts?<br />
Do you have a mullet or sideburns (or both)?<br />
Do you have bad teeth (and I don&#8217;t mean a lot of cavities)?<br />
Do you watch NASCAR, pro wrestling, and/or monster truck rallies?<br />
Do you hunt?<br />
Do you shoot at/collect road signs and lights?<br />
Do you have junked cars, car parts, and/or large appliances on your lawn?<br />
Do you prefer to listen to Country music or Southern rock bands like Lynyrd Skynard?</p>
<p>I&#8217;d say if you answer yes to 5 of these or less, you&#8217;re safe; more than 5 and you&#8217;re well on your way to earning that big ol trucker hat and wifebeater; more than 10&#8230;o noes you need an intervention!</p>
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		<title>By: John Scratchley</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Scratchley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, maybe a bit red for sure, I abhor guns, hate the f&#039;n things in fact. And yes, I mastered &quot;small arms familiarization&quot;  as the military called it.  Your philosophies and mine differ in this regard but I can respect yours.  Just be careful with those things, they are designed with only one purpose in mind and  can&#039;t  differentiate between creatures walking on four legs or two.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, maybe a bit red for sure, I abhor guns, hate the f&#8217;n things in fact. And yes, I mastered &#8220;small arms familiarization&#8221;  as the military called it.  Your philosophies and mine differ in this regard but I can respect yours.  Just be careful with those things, they are designed with only one purpose in mind and  can&#8217;t  differentiate between creatures walking on four legs or two.</p>
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		<title>By: Ranger Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ranger Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s a slight shade of pink... no worries.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a slight shade of pink&#8230; no worries.</p>
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