Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Why do you think that having a preference for Leica instead of Canon/Nikon >copies is a racial slur? Is this a the new Japenese marketing strategy? Well, because some of you were saying "Japanese are stealing..." insted of "Nikon is..." or "Canon is...." I got too emotional. Being an indivisual of Japanese origin, being a man grew up in the culture How about we all recognize that much that was developed by Germany during the years 1933-45 was developed under circumstances that should ashame any thinking person? That some of these patents/developments were taken after the War is a fact of international life - a couple of lens or shutter patents hardly make up for what Germany unleashed on the world during those 12 years. Calling it "theft" raises all sorts of questions I don't think we want to delve into here, just as I think Tom is right that we should be a bit more careful in our national/racial stereotyping. That was then, this is now. Leitz cameras are fabulous, as are a number of Japanese cameras. Can't we just leave it at that? And while we're leaving it at that, let's drop the "mine is better than yours" that has dogged the list for the past week.