[Zen]

Originally Posted by Colonel

... and yet I don't feel being a "hick" from Alabama made me any less prepared for the world ... and my work has caused me to vist several countries and just about every state in the Union.

I'm from a great many places, but my mother just happen to be an Alabama resident at the time of my birth. Please dont take offence, my point isn't geographical.
I used my upbringing as an example because I can recognise a significant difference in the mentality between generations, a betterment if you will of tolerence and equality.