Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Only worse, IMO. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Painting M3 / M2 / M4 Black > The USA is the New Britain. Americans are being criticised today for > the same sort of things that the British were in the past. > Frank > > On 17 Jan, 2005, at 16:08, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> 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! >>> >>> >>> Go on let it be on my head. I'm intrigued, Slobodan. What have we >>> (British) >>> done (and continue to do) in Eastern Europe that's got you so upset? >>> I've >>> always thought Eastern Europe was one of the few parts of the world >>> that has >>> historically been off the British radar. I suspect I'm missing >>> something >>> obvious but only a few things come to mind that might be relevant. The >>> Crimean War (do you also not buy French goods?). The British >>> involvement in >>> repatriating 'Cossacks' and other anti-Communists back to the Soviet >>> Union >>> in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and, much more >>> recently, >>> the bombing of Serbia as part of NATO. Going rather further back I >>> think >>> English forces may also have taken part (along with other 'Christian' >>> mercenaries) in a swathe of raping/pillaging across Eastern Europe as >>> they >>> returned from the Crusades. >>> >>> Please let us know what you allude to in your recent posts. If it >>> causes the >>> list to 'kick-off' please feel free to blame me for starting it. >>> >>> Ian Watts. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> Photography >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information