Re: [Leica] Documentary Photography 2003

[Patrick Jelliffe <pbjbike@yahoo.com>]

You Rock, Bob,

Keep On,

Patrick


- --- Bob Adler <rgacpa@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Excellent letter, George. Good for you (and for all
> of
> us).
> 
> Frank, I totally agree with you. Someone does have
> to
> stand up to the bullies of the world, and I will be
> first in line. I just won't do it when a gun is
> being
> waved at me and I am not on equal footing.
> 
> A month ago I took my daughter to see the Pianist.
> Later, as some on this list may recall, I went on a
> field trip with her to Washington, D.C. One of the
> most poignant sights we visited was the Holocaust
> Museum.
> 
> The first part of the museum has a movie about the
> rise of Naziism. The point that I, my daughter, and
> her other 7th grade classmates took from that movie
> is
> that one of the most gruesome chapters of human
> history began with very small acts of "bullying".
> The
> escalation of those acts and the final result is a
> matter of historical record. The point we all walked
> away with is that whenever an injustice is done, it
> must be faced and reckoned with and put right.
> 
> Your comment that someone must stand up to these
> bullies is right on. And that someone is me; it's
> you;
> it's whoever witnesses it and knows it is wrong.
> Unfortunately my Country has leaders who believe in
> maintaining their power through the great
> motivators;
> fear and greed. I will use my voting power to try to
> change that. I will use my legal powers to try to
> contain the current assault on personal freedom. I
> will use whatever power I have to protect my loved
> ones. But I will do it intelligently (as I believe
> George has done) and persistently; I don't want to
> go
> out in a "blaze of glory".
> 
> Jeeze, what a venting. Man, I'm going to stick to
> LUG
> related items from now on. Sorry for the long vent,
> folks; guess I'm just tired of the increasing level
> of
> fear tactics we're all encountering these days.
> 
> Next post will be a Leica photo; promise!
> Bob
> 
> --- frank theriault <knarf.theriault@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> > You're right, Bob,
> > 
> > What I type at a computer, pondering what for me
> is
> > a hypothetical
> > circumstance, and what I'd do in real life may be
> > two different things.  A
> > couple of thoughts, though:
> > 
> > First, my advice to yell real loud is what one
> > should (IMHO) do after one
> > gets arrested, not before.
> > 
> > Second, not that I'd have the guts to do it (I've
> > got an ex-wife, kids and
> > alimony to pay <g>), but ~someone~ has to stand up
> > to these bullies, and
> > make them realize that they can't just push people
> > around because they
> > "don't like cameras" or whatever.  There are laws
> to
> > protect ordinary
> > citizens from such harrassment, is my point.
> > 
> > cheers,
> > frank
> > 
> > Bob Adler wrote:
> > 
> > > Personally, I think anyone would be an idiot to
> > argue
> > > or incite someone waving a gun at them, esp. a
> > > rent-a-cop. Acquiesce and live to make your
> point
> > > under less life threatening circumstances.
> > > IMHO
> > 
> > --
> > "What a senseless waste of human life"
> > -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> =====
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> rgacpa@pacbell.net
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