Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm sorry, wasn't meant as a criticism. I'm from Savannah and always mistaken as American. :-) BTW The Congo has always been quite capable of screwing itself up, :-P Philippe Orlent wrote: > I'm Belgian, Walt :-) Not French. > We screwed Congo up. > Philippe > > > > Op 6-dec-06, om 00:26 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: > >> Philippe >> >> I think if you start looking into your heritage you might be >> surprised. If I'm not mistaken the French screwed up Indochina long >> before we got there. Something else, I feel absolutely no guilt >> relating to what transpired generations back. Nor should you because >> your government (before it became yours) did what had to be horrible >> to the Viets. Hell, we should put the past behind us and take care >> of the now. Too bad their are so many people (of all racial >> persuasions) in this country who want to drag yesterday around their >> necks like an anchor. >> >> Walt >> >> >> Philippe Orlent wrote: >> >>> As much as I disagree with what happened then and now, my reaction >>> was a pure esthetic one. >>> Must be-and to my shame- because it's not part of my heritage, >>> eventhough I was aware of it. >>> Philippe >>> >>> >>> >>> Op 5-dec-06, om 22:42 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> Philippe, the sad thing is that a lot has not changed in the >>>> Delta. Nobody >>>> chops cotton anymore, but the poverty is still rampant. Well, >>>> the shotgun >>>> shacks are mostly ruins now so I guess some progress. >>>> >>>> Don >>>> don.dory@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/5/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> <http://arts.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1959813,00.html> >>>>> >>>>> How I love these colors. >>>>> >>>>> Philippe >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >