Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear list-- I have been lurking ont he list for almost 2 full years--perhaps a bit longer. I have listened patiently as folk have gone off on endless off topic bits, all which sound kind of like a (male) juvenile "mine is bigger than yours" contest. I guess about no more than one-third of all of the thousands of messages that I have read over the years actually had to do with with the title of the group--Leica USERS group. I could handle that--it was amusing in some ways, and often entertaining. I mailed Ben a note after his last message--those of you who know that Ben and I and participated in one of the bitterest flame wars, know that I have enjoyed his posts since he rejoined andthat we see pretty much eye to eye on some things. I wrote: Ben-- Nice post about Oddmund. Oddmund could be a jerk, but no one could ever argue that he didn't care for people, which for me is kind of the true measure of a man. Plus, he had convictions but he stood up for them and apparently, he lived them too. Plus, I am sorry to see you leave the list, but I, too, am quiting. I can handle the seemingly endless off-topic bits on pens, guns, etc, but I find that I am very and increasingly intolerant of parochialism of the sort displayed by Chuck. It is almost jingoism, and it isn't very humane or friendly. Roger Beamon was also guilty of this, and I miss him not at all for this reason, but he certainly wasn't the only one. Call me a bleeding heart liberal or what ever, but this list has gotten too far off its assigned purpose to justify the time that it takes. SOme of it I will miss, most of it I won't. A few individuals who I have written to personally I have enjoyed meeting, but it is clearly time to go. Jason Tetzloff - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------__________________________________ ______________________________________________ Dr. Jason M. Tetzloff Visiting Assistant Professor Dept. of History, Purdue University 1358 University Hall West Lafayette, IN 47907-1358 765-494-4156 (office) 765-746-5144 (home) http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~leica/ _______________________________________________________________________________ - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------