Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I wonder if USA members have any idea why ? And please guys, this need not >become some bashing thing. >ted Ted, It sounds like your guy was a little (just a little) nuts. Some Americans have a fairly developed distrust and derision for government - any government. Its connected to what might be called a Frontier Mentality. A mild version is evidenced in the old pun "Hi I'm from the government, I'm here to help you" Sounds like your guy had a more extreme case of it. Also many Americans have a very high expectation of privacy. Not necessarily an educated or sophisticated one but a high expectation none the less. Maybe he was growing marijuana behind the house and didn't want you to see it. Who knows? Same for the Native American incident. It probably could have happened anywhere. People get a little over wrought. Or they're just nuts! We even see it here on the LUG on rare occaisions. ; >) Henry