Comments for Cool Town at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 13 out of 13 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:43:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-16475 I know a gay journalist in Los Angeles & the main reason he left his hOmetown of Lafayette is that it is definitely not gay friendly.A shame because he really embraces his Cajun culture and is a really nice,intelligent guy as well.Your loss is our gain & no doubt many others depart for more accepting places. - Bison Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:52:09 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-16029 To 'Livin in ya own world' (sic): Your use of the term "perverted" is quaint. What century or planet do you dwell in? It is clever, charming and bold to attribute "gayness" to a statue. After all, it is merely an image of the soul of Acadiana! The French people have always been avant garde ["intelligentia who experiment with new forms of art"]. Do you not know that 11% of the human species is gay? Given the fact that presently there are 6.7 billion humans on the planet, that means there is 737 million gays on Earth! Do we not have a serious unsolvable problem with human over-population? If you knew what century you were living in you would welcome the gay delight of the "gay" firefighter of Lafayette. I assure you we do not have to import gay culture from San Francisco. We have enough gays in our own great families right here in Lafayette---even though they tend to be more discrete and well-bred! One does not have to advertise blatantly their "gayness" in order to enjoy it or celebrate it! - Gaius Cilnius Maecenas Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:45:12 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15980 What type of person looks at the firefighter statue and declares it as gay...and then what type of rag would uplift and spread such a perverted twist of perspective? Lafayette appears to be infested thoroughly now or so the Independent would like to believe. The San Fran trust funder LGBT culture has finally found a new home. - Livin in ya own world....da dee da dee da Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:15:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15976 I should have made on exception to the attires by the festival kings and queens. Ms. Naomi Angelle Maraist had an exceptional attire worthy of the festive occasion. She was stunning in it. Her late wonderful grandmother Odelle would have greatly enjoyed it! How we all miss Odelle in Henderson and Cecilia. - Titus Pomponius Atticus Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:22:25 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15973 " HOLEINTHEDONUT8, " we ain't got ta blow our horn, eh ? - SPUDNUT Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:48:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15963 Let us not discount Lafayette. I have just finished reading Professor Andrew Bell's brilliant book, 'Spectacular Power in the Greek and Roman City' (2004, 2006). It would instruct our town fathers as to how they should proceed in advancing our city into a cultural mega-city. Given the nastiness of the oil & gas industry, their essentially blackmail stranglehold on our financial, banking, investment and business concerns, our city does not have the opportunity to to breathe the pure serene ether of cultural creativity. However, our city festivals can be a brilliant occasion for advancement of our unique combination of diverse factors that promote talent, genius and intelligence of our people to a larger group. We need to pay attention to the actual people who lead these festivals as Kings and Queens. Most of them are ignorant, vulgar tarts from our old non-productive economic structures. I was struck by how poorly designed their royal attires were this year. The Kings looked like fops who should have been running the out-houses of the royal court. Their clothes were baggy and shabby looking. How will we know when we have arrived? When I see a King having his gilted image drawn by four elephants through the streets of Lafayette in a gilted chariot; followed by 120 handsome naked 16 year old males drawing the chariot of the King. This would require quite a dramatic stunt that would, indeed, attract the nation and the world! This was done by Ptolemy Philadelphus II in Alexandria between December 275 and February 274 BCE; it was copied by non-other than Julius Caesar later in Rome. So much for the possibilities of our great "small" city. - Titus Pomponius Atticus Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:26:59 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15946 OMG, right on Portland? Austin? Yes Lafayette NO! Some of the other comments were spot on too. - Betty Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:58:05 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15925 Wonderful article spread about the vigilant attempts to promote high French culture and peasant culture simultaneously. Lafayette is, essentially, a professional culture of lawyers, medical doctor, bankers, accountants and mercantile businesses, with a healthy dose of learned professors thrown in! It still needs to go a long way to acquire that casual, understated elegance of a 'genuine' culture fueled by a knowledgeable intelligentia. This is not quite yet the French Enlightenment (18th Century France). The nasty oil & gas industry (their crimes feed our business, medical & legal community) distorts our culture and perverts our moral values! We require genuine intellectual leadership in the Energy sector and the Economic sector to advance in the 21st Century. Presently, we are living off of the political-economic incompetence of our neighboring parishes! This will not last for long. As for the 'creative class'---these are trust fund children living off of Daddy's money! When this revenue disappears, we will go back to the cow-town which we were. We have not properly funded our institutions for long term growth! We need two or three billionaires to live amdist us for these realities to occur! - Gaius Cilnius Maecenas Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:43:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15910 Cool towns do not overwhelmingly vote for idiots like Sarah Palin or cretins like David Vitter. - Portland? Yes Austin?Yes Lafayette? NO! Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:54:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15898 The first rule to being really and truly cool is not talking about or writing about how cool you are. - Pocketfullofaces Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:37:57 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15896 I think all of these comments are great! However, we still don't have a tree ordnance to protect those beautiful oaks and we have a political culture that is predominantly conservative. So, if you're basically white and/or otherwise privileged, the place can seem pretty creative. Otherwise, you're on your own! - MollyBloom Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:18:59 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15894 Cool? Just wait until July. - SBD Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:33:43 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7980-cool-town#comment-15890 All you cool people forgot to mention the one thing that really does make Lafayette Cool.....the people. There ain't a place in town that's worth squat until the people make it cool. Forget your hipness and meet your neighbors, they're the real COOL thing about Lafayette. - holeinthedonut8 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:54:50 +0100