[Leica] handicapped

[dpost at triad.rr.com (Dan Post)]

Chandos Michael Brown wrote:

>In what sense?  I don't believe that you feel that "handicapped" folk
>shouldn't own Hummers, or that the condition of being "handicapped"
>prohibits one from owning any sort of vehicle one chooses--so the irony
>can't reside there.  It may be, considering that there's no visible
>marking on the license plate nor visible hangtag, that the Hummer's
>illegally parked, which does form an ironical juxtaposition, but it is
>impossible to discern this in the photo alone.  Or, perhaps, finally,
>you intend to suggest that *anyone* who would buy a Hummer is in someway
>"handicapped," but it requires a far stretch or the imagination, I
>think, to light confidently on this interpretation: again, based solely
>on the image offered.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chandos
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>SonC@aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:32 AM
>To: lug@leica-users.org
>Subject: Re: [Leica] handicapped
>
> 
> 
>In a message dated 12/14/2004 9:26:37 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
>cmbrow@wm.edu writes:
>
>Sonny,
>
>There're some ways in which one might view this  photograph as mildly
>offensive, but I can't imagine that this is your  intent.  What do *you*
>intend to convey by  it.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Chandos
>
>I see irony in the combination.
>
>
>Regards,  
>Sonny
>http://www.sonc.com
>Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Chandos-
Sheesh! Lighten up! Perfect irony! If you need an off road vehicle, a 
'real' hummer is quite the ticket. I must admit that anyone who would 
buy the gussied-up, overly chromed monstrosity H2 must be a bit off 
their nut, and 'mentally challenged' does come to mind... Hereabout, we 
call these folk 'dain bramaged'.
I guess it take a Southerner to see the irony in that picture :o)
Okay, Sonny- git 'er done!
Dan