Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/31

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Subject: Re: Thugs are Stupid
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 08:40:49 -0400

At 09:00 PM 30-07-97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Thus, the basic point stands
>> unchallenged: while your friends may know what a Leica is, street thugs
>> do not.
>
>You, Marc, know better than most, that there are few absolutes in this 
>world. (This, from a committed conservative, no less) Some thugs, 
>somewhere, must know. In fact, I'd bet that some even know that it is a 
>taped Leica.  
>

The Leica, with or without the red disk, had a distinctive enough look that
if the "thug" new anything about leicas, he would recognize one, whether or
not the owner plastered duct tape all over it.  I'm waiting for someone to
stand up and defend the poor little red disk!  

Dan C.