Re: [Leica] the latest madness

["Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com>]

See, I missed all that, due to the mighty power of selective attention.

But just as there can be no LUG without TED, there can be no TED without the
LUG. No doubt his inbox is bursting with frantic appeals from the faithful
even now.

Not being an American is now an "idiosyncrasy"... ;-) One of my old German
friends (father figure, really), Henri, sole survivior of his regiment (or
whatever, I'm not up on the military stuff) in the Crimean campaign, told me
his classics lectures started at university with the words: "Ladies and
gentlemen! Jesus Christ was an idiot. And anyone whose knowledge of Greek is
so poor that he finds that statement offensive can leave the lecture hall
immediately." Henri went on to translate the Republic into German as a
passtime while a POW in England and had it confiscated for his pains when he
was released in 46. He changed his name to its French equivalent because of
his hatred for everything that the Germany of the Voelkische Beobachter
stood for. I'll never forget his description of the joy of tossing a live
handgrenade back at the Russians who had thrown it at him and hearing their
screams when it exploded in his face. His comments on Faust Zweiter Teil
were worth hearing as well.

And what does all that have to do with Ted? Beats me.

R.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 6:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] the latest madness


> And mull over the fact that Ted has "left the building." Ted may have his
> idiosyncrasies, many of which have to do with a generation gap, and others
> of which have to do with his not being an Amurkin, but there is no one who
> over the years has provided more useful information about photography
using
> Leicas than Ted; no one who has offered more thoughtful, constructive,
> helpful criticism of our photography; no one who as done more to try to
keep
> this runaway 18-wheeler, with its driver high on speed and booze, on the
> road.
>
> Yes, Ted is often politically incorrect, and sometimes downright offensive
> to some. But I, for one, think his positive contributions to this list
far,
> far outweigh his
> "sins," and hope that he returns and returns soon. Driving him out, as
some
> have just done, is a bit like throwing out of your house your grandfather,
> who put you through college and has always been there for you, because you
> thought his humor was offensive.
>
> B. D.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Emanuel
> Lowi
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:02 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] the latest madness
>
>
> Hey you guys -- I saw nothing in Ted's message that identified his slaves
as
> members
> of any historically visible or identifiable minority . I suspect the
slaves
> he was
> referring to are those who are slaves to their own maniacal stupidity --
of
> whom we
> have witnessed much these past couple of days here. Some of you folks need
> to get
> some serious medication, damn the cost.
>
> Emanuel
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