Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/12

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Subject: [Leica] Fakes
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue Aug 12 22:32:41 2008
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Well, once again, the 2008 Olympics, just like the 1936 ones, are  
being held in the wrong place and are designed to allow a dictatorship  
to present a sanitized image to the world while the dissidents are  
locked up and ordinary people herded like cattle. My own take on it is  
here:
http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/blog/?p=190

However, if you understand Spanish, far better commentary is provided  
in last week's issue of the brilliant satirical magazine El Jueves:
http://www.eljueves.es/revista/revista.aspx?numero=1628

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Aug 13, 2008, at 2:37 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:

>
> On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:
>
>> Oh, it gets better, Tina.
>>
>> NBC manipulated the order of the entry during the walk of nations so
>> the US team entered later than they really did. Those who "know"
>> observed the US team standing in the infield BEFORE they were shown  
>> to
>> enter the stadium.
>>
>> Yes, it's entertainment, but sports coverage is news coverage and the
>> opening of the Olympic Games is reportage. Except when it isn't.
>>
>> It's clear that NBC can't handle the difference and are in league  
>> with
>> a government equally interested in blurring the boundaries between
>> what is real and "created".
>>
>> It's distressing but given the folks running the US networks these
>> days, hardly surprising.
>
> agree..
>
> and you didn't mention the fact that the IOC itself is cozily in bed,
>
> with the Chinese government propaganda machine...
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net>  
>> wrote:
>>> LUG:
>>>
>>> It wasn't only the fireworks that were faked:
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7556058.stm
>>>
>>> Nothing is real anymore!
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> Tina Manley
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>
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