Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. wrote: askingly! :) >I am fascinated to observe that when a thread goes on for "too long" on such >non-Leica topics as the political meaning and value of photographs and >photojournalism, or when some LUGer has the temerity to go "off-subject" and >discuss the merits of some other camera system, there is usually an outcry >reminding one and all that this is "the LUG" and these irrelevant subjects >should be discussed elsewhere. > >HOWEVER - whenever one of these "real men drink" whatever digressions gets >going, they go on and on and on. And if you think I'm some kind of WCTU >crank, go take a look at the archives. > >Now, I'm not suggesting that there's anything wrong with posting countless >messages about single-malt to the LUG, but I wonder why other "off-topic" >subjects aren't similarly indulged?>>>>>>>>> BD, Actually it's a very interesting observation. I think the product is considered in similar fashion and taste of a Leica. Therefore the conversation just quietly flows along with the smoothness of a well working Leica, M or R. :) I mean it's sort of, you can't have one without the other. Well I guess some folks can. :) They use a different make of camera. ;) ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant