Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/18

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Subject: Re: Novoflex 400/5.6 user report
From: "Peter J. Fasi" <ar487@detroit.freenet.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:47:26 -0800

Greg Mironchuk wrote:
> 
> At 1:21 PM 2/17/97, Marc James Small wrote:
> >If we give into fascism, we are fascists.  The only 'terror' in the US is
> >that which we bring on ourselves.  Fight back!  Ignore the jerks.
> 
> >
> >If the police pummel you for having a 'machine-gun lookalike', suggest they
> >take a long walk off a short pier.  I'd be damned before my photography was
> >affected by the anal-retentive fears of some "security" officer.  As to the
> >public, I suggest they watch less TV and get a life.
> >
> 
> (with tongue firmly lodged in cheek..........)
> 
> I'll try that, next time "they" take me away in one of those vans, that
> used to be identified by a Term That Is Offensive To Those Of Irish
> Descent.
> 
> (tongue out of cheek........)
> 
> I am one of those who believe that my Constitutional Right to gather and
> disseminate News is no more, nor less, important than everyone else's
> Constitutional Rights.
> 
> People have a right to feel safe, wherever they may be... so do I, as a
> matter of fact. I have a family, and a home, and a cat, and hobbies... I'm
> no different than any of my neighbors.
> 
> While I decry the fear that has gripped the Common Man... fear of
> terrorists, murderers, street-gangs, serial rapists-killers-cannibals, or
> whatever... and while I don't see many sensible solutions to the problem
> (making it tougher for me to get my film on and off an airplane will do
> little to protect the victims of the next Airliner Bombing) on the
> horizon... I will not belittle the fear of my neighbors.
> 
> It may NOT be justified by their Daily Experience... but tell that to the
> old guy in the wheelchair, who got shot, and pushed off the "Achille
> Lauro".
> 
>                                         Greg.
> 
>                                                       Greg Mironchuk
>                                               409 Central St, Saugus, MA 01906
>                                               617-941-8030 * 617-362-7417 page
>                                                     gregm@world.std.com
hear, hear!