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Subject: Saloon Speaker has Spoken (WAS Re: [Leica] Re: Inauguration)
From: sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)
Date: Thu Jan 22 06:05:36 2009
References: <82D291966C6E7C016D92C2CC@rutabook.waverley.reid.org> <20090122135340.GD28364@panix.com>

it is why the three topics of conversation forbidden in Navy wardrooms are: 
sex, religion and politics, not necessarily in that order.       ;-)

Seth

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:53 AM
Subject: Saloon Speaker has Spoken (WAS Re: [Leica] Re: Inauguration)


> On Jan21 21:14, Brian Reid wrote:
>> Please do not use the LUG as a place to discuss national politics of any
>> country.
>
> that's it. the saloon keeper has said:  "take it to the forum!"
>
> political discussion in civil conversation is different than discussing
> writing  instruments, time pieces, or sartorial style simply because 
> politics
> inspires emnity, rather than cameraderie.  face it, we have irreconcilable
> viewpoints--what thomas sowell refers to as "Conflicts of Vision," that 
> cannot
> be broached in casual discourse, and is additionally inflamed by the
> mainstream and alternative media.
>
> for my part, i haven't said anything derogatory about my president,
> current or past, (at least i've tried hard in the past couple of years).
>
> i'd rather be leica friends with 100% of you guys and gals, than rolling
> in the dust with 52.9% of you.
>
> very sincerely,
> -rei
>
>
> -- 
> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Re: Inauguration)
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) (Saloon Speaker has Spoken (WAS Re: [Leica] Re: Inauguration))