Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've wondered these things myself.....HOWEVER< I don't think that ANYTHING belongs in a museum IF an individual WANTS to own it.....I absolutely believe in private ownership of anything...... I prefer to profit from my collectibles when I run across them and convert them into 'usables'.//////// This way, the "collectors", those with money at least (is there any other kind?) get the "collectibles",. and I get my "user" m-stuff.....(non collectible, even inc. canon lenses !! -Some of them are superb!) works for everybody...... As for the "lampshades", no I sure wouldn't collect them!!! I find that offensive.....I wonder why more Jews don't shun German cars/cameras???? I have a friend (orthodox, practicing Jew) who I've known for YEARS and he has no problem with Leica, BMW, etc....he like most Germans, and their products.....but don't put him in the same room with other middle-easterners!!! He owns collectible, WW-II, Reich-vintage cameras, and loves them..... I guess it takes all kinds.....he laughs when I bring up the obvious........he just says, "but WHO'S got the shit now?? Interesting, tho volatile questions..... Walt A non-practicing Italian catholic with few moral dilemnas...... Happy new year. On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:55:36 -0500 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Let me ask a philosophical/ethical/political question which I'm sure is > going to raise a few LUG hackles: > > Aren't there some "collectibles" that, given their provenance, shouldn't be > collected other than in Museums. Or, are their certain items that we should > neither invest in nor profit from? For instance, would anyone on the list > collect a human skin lamp shade? Where should the line be drawn? > > Just a thought. > > B. D. > > (And, by the way, to eliminate a line of questioning before it arises, I am > a "genetic" Jew who was raised in an atheist/agnostic household and whose > only religious training came from attending an Episcopal boarding school for > five years.)