Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 98-04-09 11:56:04 EDT, you write: << >ANYONE has the right to an opinion on photographs, and has the right to >>express that opinion on the net, or on the LUG. The notion that one >>person's opinion on a photograph is someone better than someone else's >>is bullshit as far as I am concerned. Either you like it or you don't, >>that's all there is to it. Other factors like experience, awards, LUG >>contributions, how well someone is liked, what your mother said, or >>how it will be received by the defenders of Eric, are all irrelevant >>when it comes down to "Do you like the picture or not?" >> It's not the package but the delivery of the package that's the problem. When we stoop to the level that we think that we have the right to violate common courtesy and to be so blunt that it causes one to feel badly we have violated a very basic humane issue. There is something sorely missing in a person's up-bringing that they would feel that they have the right to do this. There is a much better way to say it. Would this person say this to their father or mother? Ansel Adams would never have said this to his students. He might have said; "This is an interesting approach to the subject." I would like to give you a few things to think about on your next assignment." Journalists, reporters and the news media today have taken liberties that are downright nasty and I believe the public is getting tired of it. They are attempting to win the media wars at anyone's expense. I was happy to see people come out of the Luggers basement and defend a fellow-lugger. Bob B.