Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, forgive me. I know what follows belongs on the forum; I know I am misbehaving; but there comes a time when I cannot help myself, and my fingers get away from me and type.... Pardon me for saying so, but what a load of xenophobic shit. Because the woman is Muslim it's "rather obvious where her allegiances lie?" Does that mean that if you see a Hasidic man, with side curls and beard, you know "where his allegiances lie?" What about an elderly woman fingering a rosary as she walks down the street? Do her allegiances lie with Vatican City. Some people with Anglo Saxon names really haven't the slightest idea what being an American is all about. B. D. On 3/30/06 10:50 AM, "Bill Smith" <wrs111445@yahoo.com> wrote: > What do you think the chances are of that? Slim and none. But even if she > was, > it's rather obvious where her allegiences lie--her Muslim state/ country. > That's no crime (in the USA), but I really wonder if she desires democracy > and > something akin to the Bill of Rights in her "ancestrial" country. Highly > doubtful and quite hypocrtitic. My last comment on this. > > Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: Bill Smith said: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Forget A couple of shots... > > >> Pretty funny (and good) shot--I wonder if "she" sees the irony in the fact >> that she could not ever hand out that kind of stuff in her native country? >> Probably not.<<< > > But Bill wouldn't it be a hell of a surprise if her "native country" > happened to be the US because she was born in Detroit? > > Just wondered. > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, > low > rates. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information