Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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/ +---------------------------------------