Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of B D Colen Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 06:26 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Consumerism? Joseph suggested that consumerism and planned obsolescense "was introduced by the Japanese after WW II - their onslaught of the mass market - witness the rapid succession of improved models or Mark II of major items they sold from automobiles to cameras, electronic apparatus, TV etc etc..." I'd suggest that all he or anyone else has to do is look to American ads from before World War II to see that virtually everything the Japanese have done - we taught them. :-) Look at Detroit's annual introduction of new car models. Look at the changing face of kitchen appliances on a regular basis - and often the only thing new is the color-of-the-year. Look at T.V.s. Consumerism is, if I may borrow a phrase from the civil rights activist turned lunatic late H. Rap Brown, "as American as apple pie." ;-) And, yes, thank God for the repair people who can keep quality gear such as Leicas going. But, yes, they are indeed a dying breed. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information