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Subject: RE: [Leica] Shell news
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:45:36 -0400

:-)

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel
Ridings
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:25 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Shell news


fascists

I can't spell either :)
D


On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Daniel Ridings wrote:

> :)
>
> If I can't x y z facists in Iraq, then let's leave Bob Shell alone.
>
> :)
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, bdcolen wrote:
>
> > Damn! I hope this doesn't mean that Brian died and left you in 
> > charge! He's okay, isn't he? :-)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel

> > Ridings
> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:59 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Cc: mlanger@ccs.carleton.ca
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news
> >
> >
> > Drop it.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Mark Langer wrote:
> >
> > > > Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:42:14 -0500
> > > > From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news
> > > > Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030627104055.02a66c88@mdaemon.dcc.edu>
> > > > References: <200306271441.HAA10670@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > > >
> > > > I read that as meaning that, in Roanoke, Bob may be seen as a 
> > > > soft-core cheesecake photographer instead of an internationally 
> > > > recognized photographer and editor, and a good photographer 
> > > > despite his often-criticized genre.
> > >
> > > Well, Bob Shell may be internationally recognized, but his stuff 
> > > looks
> >
> > > like soft-core cheesecake to me.  But that's a side issue.  He 
> > > either is criminally responsible to some degree for the death of 
> > > this woman, or he is not.  I'm not sure that Marc is suggesting 
> > > that his celebrity
> >
> > > should be modifying the zeal with which this case is prosecuted or

> > > not.
> > >
> > > This is a distressing subject (particularly to the soon-to-be 
> > > former Mrs. Shell), so I am not trying to start a flame war or get

> > > out of line in any way.  I am very conscious that we are dealing 
> > > with a real human tragedy.  At least one other photography 
> > > newsgroup has suppressed all discussion of this topic.  Perhaps I 
> > > am out of line in encouraging Bob Shell's defence counsel to 
> > > discuss his case in a public forum.  If so, I apologize, and will 
> > > understand if prudence forbids Marc James Small from discussing 
> > > this further.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jeffery
> > > >
> > > > At 11:13 AM 6/27/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:07:11 -0400
> > > > > > From: Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net>
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news
> > > > > > Message-ID: 
> > > > > > <3.0.2.32.20030626230711.01acaa78@pop.infionline.net>
> > > > > > References:
> > <3.0.2.32.20030625215543.016994fc@pop.infionline.net>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > At 09:39 PM 6/25/03 -0600, Tim Atherton wrote:
> > > > > > >http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story151415.html
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >(they do seem to have a thing about sodomy at the Roanoke 
> > > > > > >Times
> >
> > > > > > >and in the prosecutors office... is that Deliverance
> > > > > > >country...?)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Actually not.  This is pretty much MYOB country -- MIND YOUR

> > > > > > OWN
> >
> > > > > > BUSINESS! I really am puzzled by the vigor of the 
> > > > > > prosecution of
> >
> > > > > > Bob, and I suspect most of this arises as the locals just 
> > > > > > are unaware of Bob's international reputation.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The Commonwealth's Attorney in Radford is a true gentleman, 
> > > > > > though, and quite unlike a lot of the go-for-broke 
> > > > > > prosecutors we hear about all the time.  His word IS his 
> > > > > > bond, and he is a fair and honest man:  but he is a fair and

> > > > > > honest man fully committed to prosecuting Bob.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Marc
> > > > >
> > > > >Marc,
> > > > >
> > > > >I must be reading this incorrectly, but it appears that you are

> > > > >suggesting that people with international reputations should 
> > > > >somehow be treated more leniently than the hoi poloi in the 
> > > > >criminal justice system.  How would the vigor of Bob's 
> > > > >prosecution be altered by by the locals being "unaware of Bob's

> > > > >international reputation"?
> > > > >
> > > > >Mark
> > >
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