Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Some of Life's Dumps
From: Bernard <4829.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 12:24:39 +0400

Martin Howard wrote:

> I started writing a long message about the issues surrounding effecting
> social change and projects in the First World aimed at the Third World.
>
> I threw it away.

There's no need for a long message about that. Those people need birth control,
not cameras. With birth control in place, they wouldn't be living on a garbage
dump in the first place.

Bernard

>
>
> Suffice to say that both Tina and Kyle have made very good points, I see the
> merit of Nancy's work, and that the LUG is not the correct forum for this
> discussion.  Unfortunately, I cannot say that I've abandoned my rather
> cynical and despairing view of the tangled matters, and I find many people's
> views to be overly simplistic and naÎvely optimistic, but this will be my
> last message on the subject.  My apologies to anyone I may have offended.
>
> I DO wish the project all the best of luck.
>
> M.
>
> --
> Martin Howard                     |
> Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU       |     It is essentially contestable.
> email: howard.390@osu.edu         |
> www: http://mvhoward.i.am/        +---------------------------------------