Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > >