Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] Friday Firearms
From: montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:04:29 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Well put, Mitchell.

Montie

>>Why should everything be explained? Is it not acceptable to have some 
mystery or vagueness to the image? 
If a person documents an event or group, does that imply he or she is a 
"blank" nut? 
It is fair to not like the photo but I think it's unfair to assume anyone's 
position on firearms or other topics just on the basis that they took a 
photo of it.

Mitchell

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 30, 2015, at 15:06, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
> Its a meaningless (boring)  and crass image with a gun in it.
> If there was a sign on the back wall what said " fundraiser for a 
> children's
> medical support agency "  it might make it vaguely interesting because of
> the irony for those who read English. Other than that it has to be 
> explained
> in a caption.
> Gun nuts doing their gun thing on the Lug has been always been shot down
> I've long been glad to see.
> Its not about image making. Its not about cameras. Its about guns.
> Find a gun list. Show them your guns. Look at theirs. The rest of the
> civilized world is appalled.


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