[Leica] Documentary Photography Book Review

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

On the other hand, the secular version, "not one of us," is as insidious.
S. Dimitrov



> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 18:13:58 -0400
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Documentary Photography Book Review
> 
> What concerns me far more than ?robust? and war-like language, is religiosity
> and the reduction of foreign policy discussions to religious discussions;
> looking at the world in terms of ?good? and ?evil.? If you?re our ?enemy,?
> you?re ?evil.? It?s that kind of language that allows the dehumanization of
> the enemy, and the notion that we don?t need to abide by the Geneva
> conventions.
> 
> It was all summed up for me the other day by a car parked in my neighborhood:
> 
> There was a folded American flag on the shelf behind the back seat, an
> American flag bumper sticker, and next to that a bumper sticker that read -
> ?Our God is an Awesome God.?
> 
> ;-)
> 
> B. D.
>