Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I thoroughly agree with your comments: Japan in this Victorian context should be interpreted as "an exotic country far away" recall that at that point it had only recently opened to the outside world and although theoretically accessible, intercontinental travel particularly from London to Tokyo was not an easy undertaking. Your point about "presentism" is well-taken.. Peter On 20/07/2014 04:30, H&ECummer wrote: > Peter, > I think your letter strikes exactly the right tone. > Very well done! > Howard > (whose Chinese nickname is Da Hu Dz - Big Beard - no stereotypes there:-)) > > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:30:53 -0700 > From: Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> > To: lug <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Protesting "The Mikado" > > I'm don't want to get into a debate here. Frankly, after following the > Internet sh*tstorm around this all week, I'm tired. :-) Here's my POV, > and then y'all can discuss whatever you like. > > Here's the article that started it: > <http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2024050056_mikadosharonpianchancolumn14xml.html> > > Here's what I posted on the Seattle Times' comments to Ms. Chan's > article. It's the middle of the three featured comments: > <http://discussions.seattletimes.com/comments/2024050056/#lf_comment=188372882> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig