[Leica] Documentary Photography Book Review

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

No argument here.
And btw - I would recommend to anyone looking for any trends in the
current election ruckus the Boston Glove OpEd this a.m. written by none
other than the CEO of John Hancock Financial Services...If this doesn't
send subzero chills down Karl Rove's spine, he is not the genius he's
made out to be. ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Slobodan Dimitrov
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:39 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Documentary Photography Book Review


On the other hand, the secular version, "not one of us," is as
insidious. S. Dimitrov



> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 18:13:58 -0400
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Documentary Photography Book Review
> 
> What concerns me far more than ?robust? and war-like language, is 
> religiosity and the reduction of foreign policy discussions to 
> religious discussions; looking at the world in terms of ?good? and 
> ?evil.? If you?re our ?enemy,? you?re ?evil.? It?s that kind of 
> language that allows the dehumanization of the enemy, and the notion 
> that we don?t need to abide by the Geneva conventions.
> 
> It was all summed up for me the other day by a car parked in my 
> neighborhood:
> 
> There was a folded American flag on the shelf behind the back seat, an

> American flag bumper sticker, and next to that a bumper sticker that 
> read - ?Our God is an Awesome God.?
> 
> ;-)
> 
> B. D.
>


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