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Subject: [Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed, not collected
From: rclark01 at comcast.net (Robert Clark)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:22:53 -0400
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Furthermore, a Leica with an engraved swastika served as a tool for those 
who subscribed to the beliefs represented by swastika. In my opinion, that 
is why the swatiska was placed on the camera in the first place- to 
represent those beliefs that cause more suffering than the world has ever 
known. That is where I draw the line, too.

Robert Clark
Lancaster, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed,not 
collected


> Hi Pasvoorn,
>
> First of all, the picture is Geoff's, not mine.
>
> Secondly, I am not saying that Leica should not have supplied the  Nazis 
> with cameras--they had no other option anyway. But I do object  to someone 
> TODAY desiring a Leica with an engraved swastika.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>
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>
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2009, at 5:02 PM, Pasvorn Boonmark wrote:
>
>> Hi Nathan,
>>
>> I usually agree with your view, but I disagree with you on this one.
>>
>> These objects, and the photographs - in this case Leica cameras- when
>> use correctly, serve to remind us of how horrid human can be.
>>
>> The case an point is the picture that you show.
>>
>> -Pasvorn
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Nathan  Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>> wrote:
>>> Yes, but the people collecting them now know who the owners were  and 
>>> what
>>> they did when not snapping pictures.
>>> They belong in the landfill (the cameras, not the people).
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>
>>
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