Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hi George, > > I am not a historian. To me, if I look at recent history, it is rare for > democracy to be successfully imposed externally. Even when it has been > successfully imposed (Japan, post-WWII), democracy was transformed. > Democracy > is very malleable and can be instantiated in many different forms which > some > people may not classify as democracy. :) > > Nathan, > > Walls never work. The Great Wall didn't work. The Maginot Line didn't > either. > We are dealing with a global clash of cultures and religions. My opinions > only > of course. :) > > But we are drifting way off topic so this is my last comment on this topic > here. > > To get back to Leica photography, this > (need-to-be-rescanned-now-that-I-have-IT8-target) picture (K64/M4P/35 > pre-asph > Sumicron) near Passu on the Karakoram Highway in the far northern part of > Pakistan. The peaks across the valley are quite high, probably around > 6000-7000M high. The road you see curving around the bottom is the KKH, the > main, and only, road to China built at a cost of approximately one life per > kilometre. It is, at best, a 2-lane road. > > <http://www.aotera.org/tmp/Scan-070514-0057.jpg> > > Regards, > Spencer > > On Jan 3, 2010, at 13:36, George Lottermoser wrote: > >> Thank you for your thoughtful and real observations Spencer. >> >> Do you think it realistic >> for outside cultures (British, Russian, now U.S.) >> to arrive uninvited >> and attempt to deliver democracy (or any other form of governance) to >> these >> areas >> (with guns in hand)? >> especially when you point out the previous failures. >> Looks like Kodachrome II! Gorgeous! And a very effective wall! Mark William Rabiner