Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, I was amazed to find that a lot of people under 30 outside the USA, where a lot of people are, including myself, have never heard of either. I do not insist on calling him by the name he was given at birth, neither do I insist on calling the late German chancellor Willi Brandt, Herbert Frahn. If we write assuming that everyone else knows exactly the same as we do, then OK. As long as information is not embedded in verbal or written noise (see the RUG-list for a particularly good of this) I will try to express clearly and without ambiguity whatever I hope to communicate. cheers Douglas In navigation you don't know where you are with only one coordinate either. Dan C wrote: > I'm amazed that there are still some people who insist on calling the man, > "Cassius Clay". > > -dan c. > > At 12:56 PM 29-12-04 +0100, Douglas M. Sharp wrote: > >>A sporting hero? who still talks about Mark Spitz or Cassius "Muhammed >>Ali" >>Clay? World class - definitely - but did they change the world for all >>time? >>To some extent I might be prepared to admit that Clay did manage to > > increase the > >>acceptance of Afro-Americans in US society, but no more than that. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >