Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Robert for the explanation of why I was nearly but not actually stabbed. Oh, and next time I want some hols in Italy and some free Leica gear, I'll loiter outside your pensione, and after I've kneed you in the wedding tackle, we can both stagger down to the local caffe and discuss social and economic differences over a couple of grappe. Stuart Phillips - -----Original Message----- From: Rob Appleby [mailto:rob@robertappleby.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:47 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime Call me old fashioned, but I think a reduction in social and economic inequality would be a more sensible approach than having a bunch of vigilantes wandering around looking for people to beat up. If muggers and pickpockets knew they were going to have the living daylights beaten out of them - they'd stick a knife in you first rather than just holding it on you. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Phillips" <Stuart.Phillips@umb.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > Fair enough, but despite being a socialist (not an American Democrat), > since being held up here at knife-point I have zero-tolerance for street > crime. If muggers and pickpockets knew they were going to have the > living daylights beaten out of them, maybe we'd have less of it. IMHO > > Stuart Phillips > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Unsworth [mailto:mail@steveunsworth.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:52 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > > Not my style. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Stuart > Phillips > Sent: 06 August 2002 21:32 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > > > Steve, why didn't you stomp on him? > > Stuart Phillips > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html