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Subject: [Leica] A Photograph and a few comments about Orlando and the Philly Gay Pride Parade
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:12:14 +0200
References: <8faf663de332ee94611f3dcc0d977ada@mail.gmail.com>

"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" 
Dated 1776

Amities and compassion from France
Philippe



Le 13 juin 2016 ? 04:08, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> a ?crit :

> Today I did about the only thing I could do in light of Orlando: dusted off
> my culottes, packed a dozen rolls of film along with my Bronica S2,  and
> marched in the Philly Gay Pride Parade?exactly as I?ve done every year
> since '79 (my feet ached less then, though I was also several stone
> lighter.) The purpose of terrorism is to get people to panic and hide,
> which I refuse to do (Including when I walked around Boston the day of the
> dragnet/shutdown.)  After a Facebook friend put out one of those fatuous
> "be alert and be safe" notes (of course, from some aerie far from the
> streets), I said that fearing attack the day after Orlando is like one of
> those irrational snowstorm warnings that come immediately AFTER every major
> snowstorm. The best place to be is out on the street?and ironically, after
> a mass shooting one of the safest, since the streets were packed with
> police, and I?m sure no shortage of plainclothes FBI personnel.  I?ve lived
> long enough to remember the Upstairs Lounge arson attack in ?73, Dan
> White?s rampage in ?78, and God knows how many shootings, stabbings, and
> other horrors since.  Still here, still marching?next in NYC, Baltimore,
> and many other spots where fine homosexuals are served.
> 
> 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/Philly+Pride+Parade+06+12+16+sm.jpg.html
> 
> 
> 
> Bronica S2, Zenzanon 150/3.5, Arista EDU100 at 200
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Shulman
> 
> Wynnewood, PA
> 
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