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Subject: [Leica] Beware HCB Wannabees
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:39:52 -0400

> Za-zing. (Sound those two Wilkinson swords made on crossing, in the old TV
> ads...)
> 
> Clear and bracingly correct and beautifully expressed. Thank you
> 
> Vince P.
> 
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:39 PM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> greetings!
>> 
>> am posting this link for LUGers, including our resident celebrity ted 
>> grant
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/news/lifestyle/x154264562/Polumbaum-collec
>> tion-featured-at-Newseum
>> 
>> 
>> ted polumbaum to me represents what a photojournalist should be
>> a true professional, a good citizen and a great human being
>> 
>> he suffered greatly for his principles, was blacklisted as a journalist
>> and never became a celebrity photographer
>> 
>> he was working at the time for UPI, which never supported his
>> constitutional
>> rights
>> and now belongs to the moonies
>> 
>> i had the privilege of having him as my patient 10 years ago
>> he was a man of absolute integrity and remains an inspiration to me
>> everyday
>> 
>> the vermont case is a clear point of law
>> 
>> one should not face a legal ban without a judicial decision
>> and bypassing the right to answer charges against you
>> 
>> what has happened to that man is an administrative ban
>> just like what used to be common in apartheid south africa
>> 
>> aptitude, attitude and personal likability are all irrelevant under the 
>> law
>> in this country
>> 
>> when i got pulled off a plane and faced arrest for taking photographs
>> it had nothing to do with aptitude, attitude or likability
>> i even was using a small silent Leica
>> 
>> it was because i was brown, unlike our resident celebrity ted grant
>> 
>> thankfully under the law, that was deemed irrelevant too
>> which is why i'm still flying and clicking on planes
>> 
>> with the exception of some like rabiner,
>> most of the comments in this thread remind me
>> of what people said when the nazis first started their attacks
>> 
>> sooner or later it will also affect you
>> 
>> again, this is a clear point of law, which applies equally to the 
>> celebrity
>> photographer, the protective parent and the inept fool
>> 
>> one more thing about ted polumbaum
>> he was ever the epitome of humility
>> 
>> unlike celebrity photographers, he never yelled
>> in person or in print
>> 
>> when one thinks of ted polumbaum, hubris never comes to mind
>> 
>> yours sincerely,
>> bharani padmanabhan md phd
>> boston
>> 
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Me too!

[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner





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