Re: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?

[ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>]

I realize you are instigating again, BUT the assumption that menial workers
that do work that most wouldn't touch but couldn't live without
=poor=dim-witted=thief is not only elitist but classist and has overtones of
racism. I'm with Kyle. Knock it off.

trish
ternahan@gentlelens.net


> From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 09:36:15 +0200
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?
> 
> Kyle writes:
> 
>> okay, maybe not, but this continual classism
>> drives me nuts. i really wish people would stop
>> buying leicas because they think it makes them better
>> than the jones'. it's unbecoming.
> 
> Acknowledging the fact that very few people recognize Leicas is not an
> assertion
> of class distinctions.  The type of people who work cleaning toilets and/or
> steal the property of others tend to be poor and dim-witted, and they are
> among
> the least likely of any group of people to recognize Leicas, since Leicas are
> not merely expensive, but also quite rare.
> 
> My impression is that there are even many professional and amateur
> photographers
> who do not recognize Leicas.  They may have seen them occasionally, but
> without
> close examination a Leica (at least the M) looks like any cheap compact
> camera,
> and in fact looks a lot like WWII surplus to the average person (I consider
> this
> a huge advantage of Leica equipment, BTW).
>