Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like a bad joke: "An Australian and a Canadian walk into a riot . . . " Marty On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > As with football hooligans world wide these vandals and thugs are a small > minority. ?Notice from the story that almost none of the identified rioters > were from Vancouver either and also that the AUSSIE was umm bravely > shielding the girl from danger with his own body, not to mention umm > building good relations with a local and not burning cars or vandalising > property. > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > On 18 June 2011 06:44, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > >> The photographer Richard Lamm was interviewed today on CBC radio. He >> contacted the people involved, and talked to the man's father, who was >> just >> delighted. He's in Australia. >> >> The girl's mother has not been contacted or no contact has been reported, >> but her reaction might not have been the same. >> >> Peter said the response to the photo has been amazing, and has certainly >> garnered more instant fame than any other photo he has shot. He heard >> about >> the photo being shown on the Jay Leno page this morning from others. >> >> In general, the reaction against the riot here in Vancouver has been very >> strong. Of the 100 or so people that have been arrested so far, only 6 are >> from Vancouver. >> >> About a 1500 citizens helped city crews clean up yesterday, coming with >> garbage bags etc. The police have received lots of support messages, >> flowers, cookies, etc. >> >> Websites and facebook pages are flooded with images and leads to the worst >> rioters, and a lot of the really stupid ones, who have posted pictures >> and/or admitted things on facebook or other places have been outed to the >> general public, their employers and the police. Lots more to come. >> >> A truly disgusting display that had nothing to do with hockey, and >> certainly nothing with the outcome, as a number of the instigators came >> downtown with molotov cocktails, balaclavas, gas masks etc. Not the usual >> items for a game. They were going to go for it, and the outcome of the >> game >> had nothing to do with it. >> >> If there ever is to be a crowd like this again, and the number of people >> was predicted, a much greater police/military presence will be needed. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 12:11 PM -0500 6/17/11, George Lottermoser wrote: >> >>> On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Ric Carter wrote: >>> >>> ? it really is quite erotic for a riot photo >>>> >>>> ?I trying to figure all the synapses in life that make it so for me;^) >>>> >>> >>> ? On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:53 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> <http://abcnews.go.com/**Technology/kissing-couple-** >>>>> vancouver-riots-photo-viral-**canucks-win/story?id=13866244<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kissing-couple-vancouver-riots-photo-viral-canucks-win/story?id=13866244> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>> >>> Pretty basic stuff Ric. >>> As a man you're hard wired for both sex and protection. >>> Many millennium hasn't shifted those synapses much. >>> >>> According to the story the young woman was knocked down by a police >>> shield. >>> The young man went down to help her and gave her a very quick kiss to >>> reassure her that all would be well. >>> A knight, chivalry, sex, romance, protection, all working on our psyche >>> and summed up as "erotic;" >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/**imagist <http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >> >> -- >> >> ? ? ?Henning J. Wulff >> ?Wulff Photography & Design >> mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >> ?http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >