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Aristus

(72,736 posts) Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:59 PM Jun 16

I'm crying watching Lawrence, Kansas welcome the Algerian football team to the U.S. Why can't it always be like this?

Such hospitality. Such warmth and love. Such excitement for people meeting each other who otherwise might not have had the opportunity.

This is the United States I want us to be. The United States we could be.

Anyway, I needed some joy, and this was it...

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I'm crying watching Lawrence, Kansas welcome the Algerian football team to the U.S. Why can't it always be like this? (Original Post) Aristus Jun 16 OP

Lawrence, KS is a university town. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 16 #1

It's a blue bump (Mt. Oread) on the red plains. erronis Jun 16 #9

This is great. I love Lawrence and KU although I didn't attend school or live there. I lived in nearby Overland Park... wcmagumba Jun 16 #2

Lawrence is where WS Burroughs spent his last years. maxsolomon Jun 16 #3

James Gunn also. erronis Jun 16 #10

Lawrence is a really artsy intellectual kind of place. leftyladyfrommo Jun 16 #4

Very nice. Here are Norwegian fans rowing up the escalator: spooky3 Jun 16 #5

I have found that any small gesture of kindness MontanaMama Jun 16 #6

There are still a lot good people in this country MustLoveBeagles Jun 16 #7

Argentinean and Algerian fans were fighting in Times Square today SamuelTheThird Jun 16 #8

I'm crying just reading your post. 3catwoman3 Jun 16 #11

Me too. MorbidButterflyTat Jun 16 #12

... Aristus Jun 16 #14

Which show? I want to catch it later. Amaryllis Jun 16 #13

This country has so much potential that's been foolishly squandered. Initech Jun 16 #15

I went and found the TV report on YT... electric_blue68 Jun 17 #16

DinahMoeHum

(23,760 posts)

1. Lawrence, KS is a university town. . .

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 06:07 PM

Jun 16

. . .so it's rather cosmopolitan.

erronis

(24,964 posts)

9. It's a blue bump (Mt. Oread) on the red plains.

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:44 PM

Jun 16

It may be cosmopolitan in its tiny footprint, but go 3-4 miles in any direction and say hello to rural America. Kansas City has its blue areas tho.

Lived in Lawrence from 1966-1975 - good times and bad times. We had two students shot by the National Guard around the same time as Kent State.

wcmagumba

(6,993 posts)

2. This is great. I love Lawrence and KU although I didn't attend school or live there. I lived in nearby Overland Park...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 06:20 PM

Jun 16

and attended concerts and sporting events in Lawrence. A beautiful welcoming college town. I highly recommend a visit...

maxsolomon

(39,430 posts)

3. Lawrence is where WS Burroughs spent his last years.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 06:20 PM

Jun 16

If there's 1 place to live in Kansas, Lawrence is it.

erronis

(24,964 posts)

10. James Gunn also.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:47 PM

Jun 16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Gunn

leftyladyfrommo

(20,051 posts)

4. Lawrence is a really artsy intellectual kind of place.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 06:47 PM

Jun 16

Lots of weaving and other kinds of art. Lots of
College kids.

It's a fun place.

spooky3

(38,993 posts)

5. Very nice. Here are Norwegian fans rowing up the escalator:

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Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:10 PM

Jun 16

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MontanaMama

(24,779 posts)

6. I have found that any small gesture of kindness

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:31 PM

Jun 16

levels me to tears these days. We all need these moments of joy more than ever before. Thank you for sharing this one.

MustLoveBeagles

(18,332 posts)

7. There are still a lot good people in this country

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:35 PM

Jun 16

SamuelTheThird

(1,469 posts)

8. Argentinean and Algerian fans were fighting in Times Square today

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:39 PM

Jun 16

3catwoman3

(30,186 posts)

11. I'm crying just reading your post.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:50 PM

Jun 16

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,958 posts)

12. Me too.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:52 PM

Jun 16

Aristus

(72,736 posts)

14. ...

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 08:20 PM

Jun 16

Amaryllis

(11,563 posts)

13. Which show? I want to catch it later.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 08:02 PM

Jun 16

Initech

(109,647 posts)

15. This country has so much potential that's been foolishly squandered.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:29 PM

Jun 16

By bloodthirsty propagandists, corrupt and greedy billionaires, and of course, the asshole in chief himself.

We are better than they are. We can beat them. We've done it before. We can do it again.

electric_blue68

(27,918 posts)

16. I went and found the TV report on YT...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2026, 04:21 AM

Jun 17

Qute wonderful!

TY for mentioning it.

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