Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am with Tom 100% on this, and can echo the sentiments expressed as I too was in Europe at that time (and, of course, I still am). And nothing has changed over the years, the feelings here are still pretty much the same! Gerry TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote: > Marc, I base my opinion on the impact of the photos by Eddie Adams and > Nick > Ut on the reaction to these images in Europe. At the time I was > working as a > photographer/journalist in Sweden - a country that did not support the US > involvement in Vietnam. These images and others like that coloured > many of the > Europeans view of US foreign policies and the damage is still there. > The first time > we arrived in the US was late May 1970, only days before the Kent State > shooting! We spent 5 months traveling around US/Canada in an old > pickup truck with > a camper and listened and talked to people we met. The war was on > everybody's > mind as most everybody know someone who was there. It is unfortunate > that the > collective memory of any population is just about a generation. As > soon as a > new generation comes along, the same mistake can evidently be made > again - new > players and different location but very much the same game. Maybe we > should > ensure that books like "The Destruction Business", "Vietnam Inc.", > "This is > War", etc. are on the required reading lists at all schools. > Tom A > ----------------------- > Tom Abrahamsson > Vancouver, BC > Canada > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 23 8046 3076