Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/29

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Subject: [Leica] Susan Sontag
From: bladman99 at yahoo.ca (Dan C)
Date: Wed Dec 29 05:24:54 2004
References: <41D23BB7.8060806@adrenaline.com> <1104264930.41d1bee22fbf3@webmail.mit.edu> <ba95132804122814524a2d1a01@mail.gmail.com> <41D20D59.70104@gmx.de> <018201c4ed52$6cde0f90$87d86c18@ted> <41D23BB7.8060806@adrenaline.com>

I'm amazed that there are still some people who insist on calling the man,
"Cassius Clay".

-dan c.

At 12:56 PM 29-12-04 +0100, Douglas M. Sharp wrote:
>A sporting hero? who still talks about Mark Spitz or Cassius "Muhammed Ali" 
>Clay? World class - definitely - but did they change the world for all time?
>To some extent I might be prepared to admit that Clay did manage to
increase the 
>acceptance of Afro-Americans in US society, but no more than that.


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