Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Priceless, Jeffrey, but I'm not sure that this view is confined to Roanoke. I see the beginning of a good joke here somewhere, opening with the line: What have Bob Shell and Roman Polanski got in common . . .? Chandos "I read that as meaning that, in Roanoke, Bob may be seen as a soft-core cheesecake photographer." Chandos Michael Brown History and American Studies College of William and Mary www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Smith Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:42 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news I read that as meaning that, in Roanoke, Bob may be seen as a soft-core cheesecake photographer instead of an internationally recognized photographer and editor, and a good photographer despite his often-criticized genre. Jeffery At 11:13 AM 6/27/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:07:11 -0400 > > From: Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news > > Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.20030626230711.01acaa78@pop.infionline.net> > > References: <3.0.2.32.20030625215543.016994fc@pop.infionline.net> > > > > At 09:39 PM 6/25/03 -0600, Tim Atherton wrote: > > >http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story151415.html > > > > > >(they do seem to have a thing about sodomy at the Roanoke Times and in the > > >prosecutors office... is that Deliverance country...?) > > > > Actually not. This is pretty much MYOB country -- MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! > > I really am puzzled by the vigor of the prosecution of Bob, and I suspect > > most of this arises as the locals just are unaware of Bob's international > > reputation. > > > > The Commonwealth's Attorney in Radford is a true gentleman, though, and > > quite unlike a lot of the go-for-broke prosecutors we hear about all the > > time. His word IS his bond, and he is a fair and honest man: but he is a > > fair and honest man fully committed to prosecuting Bob. > > > > Marc > >Marc, > >I must be reading this incorrectly, but it appears that you are suggesting >that people with international reputations should somehow be treated more >leniently than the hoi poloi in the criminal justice system. How would >the vigor of Bob's prosecution be altered by by the locals >being "unaware of Bob's international reputation"? > >Mark > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html