Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > I'm surprised to read that people feel so strongly about this. The > opening > ceremony is simply entertainment or theatre, like a super Hollywood > blockbuster movie. Seems like they put on a pretty spectacular show > to me. > Now Michael Phelps you could consider to be a REAL annoyance ;-) ;-) especially if you are an Aussie swimmer... :-) Steve > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: RE: [Leica] Fakes > > Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: > >> It wasn't only the fireworks that were faked: >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7556058.stm >> >> Nothing is real anymore! > > I feel completely at a loss for words to describe how I feel about > how we > are manipulated with fakery, how the producers of such propaganda take > pride in their work, and how one of the participants in the fakery, > the > actual singer, was convinced (or told) to be happy to have been > tossed a > crumb. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information