Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is it about the photos or about the contact of the photos? My gut feeling told me it was about the former and I'm sticking with it. My politics if you don't know me by the way are quite liberal. So this is not about me having to see stuff I don't agree with. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:03:43 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Wow, full screen high rez photos on NY Times > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> Great photography but basically comes across as a pro Obama plug on the >> lug. >> Its election year folks! Some people its all they wanna talk about. >> In another 4 years it will be election year again. Yippee! >> I say we all use some restraint and join a politics list so we can be >> around >> similar people who want to post politics posts. >> >> mark@rabinergroup.com >> Mark William Rabiner > > Oh boy. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Mark. In this case you > could be inventive and turn off the audio and just look at the images. > Or not. But I didn't see the post and the link as a sneaky way to > avoid politics. It's like after the Iraq invasion where someone posted > an image of an American flag and got stomped all over for it as being > jingoistic. > > Pictures of politics, and a discussion of how they are made, > ESPECIALLY if made my inhabitants of this here establishment, should > be okay. If Ted wants to cover the Canadian parliamentary elections > I'd be fascinated. If Kyle wants to do hovering politicians (or even > just ordinary ones) I'm all for it. > > But I think leaving the politics behind same at the door is a good > thing. And we can always go bashing over on the other list if we want > to. > > Of course we know they all take steroids... :-) > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information