Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philip - you obviously have great passion and knowledge around your issue. Yet, I did not view Tina's photographs as "tearful children" or "terrible conditions" I simply saw kids with, for the most part, joyful expressions; along with dress and backgrounds which set them in a geography different from my own. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Apr 16, 2009, at 5:19 AM, Philip Clarke wrote: > >> >> Now do please go away or let us know how you make out discussing this >> situation with the United Nations Council! >> >> >> >> Dr. ted >> >> > My wife will be addressing the UN on children and paediatric care this > summer in New York, the abstract was accepted two days ago. As > mentioned > she worked her way out of Calcutta, you want to cut the bleeding heart > crap and show kid pictures illustrating work ethics. The whole Live > Aid > phenomena was based around the principles of teaching a person to fish > rather than giving them some food, so showing tearful children as a > method of identifying is a backwards step. Currently the message being > sent by pictures like those is "I identify with that child and the > terrible conditions they live in, so I shall work for a living to give > them money" which is wrong on any level. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information