[at-l] What's an Outsider Anyway?

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 11:38 AM 12/30/2005 -0500, Bror8588@aol.com wrote:
>I think a lot of the "stigma" of being an outsider comes from within a 
>person.

I confess that a good deal of it is me because I persist in being me and 
not changing my lifestyle to be like them. If fitting in was of supreme 
importance to me I could go to the church across the road that teaches 
things I don't believe, I  could hang out at the sports bar and talk 
baseball/football/whateversportisinseason, I could go huntin' with the 
guys, but being accepted isn't that important to me.

The point of my 1st response was that it is a situation that can be found 
in lots of places, not just North Georgia. I'm content with the situation 
and am happy to be living here even though I am considered an "outsider". 
It doesn't bother me, in part because I've been an outsider most of my 
life. I was only saying that it's sad that Coosa isn't happy to be where 
she is in spite of it.