Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/21

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Subject: RE: [Leica] The dustbin of history
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 12:08:59 -0000

Give up, Ted - it's totally hopeless! And just keep shooting! (Not that
anyone needs to tell you that ;-) )

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 4:11 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The dustbin of history
>
>
> Mike Johnston wrote:
>
> <<<<And anyway, the _reductio ad absurdum_ of your
> contention, Ted, is that
> we should give up trying to learn anything about history,
> since everybody
> who really knew what happened is dead anyway. Actually, this view is
> depressingly
> widespread these days, even in the schools.  >>>>>>
>
>
> <<<<And anyway, the _reductio ad absurdum_ of your
> contention, Ted, is that
> we should give up trying to learn anything about history,>>>>
>
> Not so. Sorry that's your contention!
>
> How foolish of me to engage in this AA topic for I know not of what I
> speak! Not to mention that I'm a photographer, not an
> eloquent writer! I
> just can't imagine what happened to my common sense!
>
> ted
>
>
>