Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK but this is something USA has lost long time ago. And I?m quite sure Great Britain has not had much say in Eastern European matters after the fifties. But to compare them to Hitler?s Germany... maybe you should take-up those history lessons you missed in elementary school? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Painting M3 / M2 / M4 Black > One of the great feats of American statesmanship has been the > disengagement from french geo-political interests. Had it not happened, > the 19th century would of looked different in ways that we can only > fathom. > But as we come into the American century, for the next step to take place > without being unhindered by historical baggage, the same has to take > place with Great Britain. > It would be a gesture whose import would not be lost to those who also > came in contact with Great Britain in the past. > S. Dimitrov > > > On Jan 17, 2005, at 3:51 AM, Ian Watts wrote: > >> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >>> >>> Hey, someone asked, and I said I won't bother the list with it. >>> if any one takes it further, it's on their heads not mine. >> >>>>> It's not anything to sweat the list over. >>>>> Being from Eastern Europe, the Brits have done far worse than >>>>> Schickelgruber ever did. And are doing to this day! >> >>