Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The perception of photographic quality
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:08:45 -0600 (CST)

Americans (at least in the past, all bets off now) decide what 
THEY like and what THEY want....much to the dismay of the more 
"advanced" cultures......hehehe...and they usually vote with their 
dollars...the only TRUE expression of their (questionable?) 
tastes....

Walt

On Thu,
25
Feb 1999, Joe Stephenson wrote:

> I hope you are correct, Mark. But if the "nose" of these "American people"
> is so good, why do they go about exposing them to so much noisome druck?
> Instincts? Maybe, but instincts can be perverted or blunted to some degree
> by over-exposure to meaningless drivel.
> Glad you are keeping the faith.
> Joe Stephenson
> +++++++++++++
> Mark Wrote:
> But in these cases Amercian people are being lied to on their own terms.
> No rules are being broken. They know they are being lied to. There is an
> understanding. They are not interested in the pure truth but they draw
> the line.
> Its called I think Propaganda.
> Tell them what they want to hear.
> What I really believe in is the INSTINCTS of the American people. Their
> NOSE.
> I think their instincts are good. Doggone it!
> You can Bull***t them, but they decide which exact shade of brown.
> Mark Rabiner New lens name: Americron
> 
>