Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for posting, the blacklist stories never cease to amaze me. At 07:39 PM 3/21/2010, you wrote: >greetings! > >am posting this link for LUGers, including our resident celebrity ted grant > >http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/news/lifestyle/x154264562/Polumbaum-collection-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 > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information