Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I note your opinion with interest Philip. I tried Ted's idea about turning a wide-angle to the near setting and starting focus from there yesterday and it worked a treat. This is a great place for useful photography tips. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Philip Kokoczka [mailto:kokoczkaphotography@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:10 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Susan Sontag What would you do? A group of criminals have kidnapped your wife and daughter. They are known for gang raping, torturing and killing their captives. You happen to find and capture a couple of them. They know where your wife and daughter are being held, and have told you that they have only a short time left before the raping, torturing and killing begin. What do you do to get the information where your wife and daughter are being held? If you just ask them nicely to tell you where they are being held do you think they would tell you? What length would you go to in order to get them to tell you the location at which your wife and daughter are being held? Face it folks, times have changed. The Geneva convention was written to protect the rights and dignity of military personnel captured on the battlefield, not terrorists that cut off hands for punishment, or use a wood chipper for "executions" or use poison gas on minority populations. I am getting sick and tired of hearing the ilk of Ted Kennedy and his gang trying to compare what our military did to what Sadam's henchmen did. How can you compare putting panties on someone's head with giving them a bath in nitric acid? These terrorists are out to kill you, your wife, daughters and sons. They are out to kill your way of life. They are out to impose their version of Islam on you and the rest of the non-Islamic world. What regime do you want to live under? Please, let these military people do what they can to find out where the next strike is planned. And remember that these terrorists they are watching in the Iraqi prisons are not there because they broke the speeding law or stole a candy bar from the neighborhood grocery. They are there because they are terrorists and want to kill me, my family, your family and my and your way of life. This is a site to discuss Leica cameras, lenses and accessories and the taking of Leica pictures. Please take all criticism of our military to sites set up for that purpose _________________________________________________________________ Get 200+ ad-free, high-fidelity stations and LIVE Major League Baseball Gameday Audio! http://radio.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200491ave/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.