Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/14/05 6:18 PM, "bill harting" <vintagebill@verizon.net> typed: > I am amazed to find a young person apparently reading a newspaper -- > perhaps > it is the beautiful light. > > bill h > > In Europe I think people read, I think we win (US) in the anti intellectualism department and non valuing of education. AND we rule the world! Lets hope the burgeoning Visigoths and the ravishing hoards on horseback from the East give us a hand in the smarts department. How many kids do you know over here have a favorite Poet? A book in their backpack they are reading not a textbook. A favorite author? I bet many of us cant think of one. And if we do he gets beat up every day on the way home from school. Albert Brooks being beat up by the bully in the playground: "Okay, take this: You'll never leave South Boston and I'm going to see the whole damn world. You'll never know the pleasure of writing a graceful sentence or having an original thought. Think about it." Broadcast News Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/