Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I am sure that an ordinary Hindu would not mind carrying a camera with a swastika at all - in all probability, he will be totally ignorant of the Nazi connection. There are a lot of Hindus, Buddhists and Jains in the world! Its all a question of the winners who write history and influence the thinking of the succeeding generations - the 'good' guys and the 'bad' guys is only your point of view, it is seldom very clear cut, except to a propaganda machine. Mao killed a lot more of his citizens than Hitler did, but none of us think twice about buying Chinese made goods, essentially made under the same regime. Don't you have the same revulsion when you walk into Wal Mart? Multinational firms have traditionally been remarkably free of ethical considerations relative to the boss' bonus, i.e. the bottom line. A lot of the consumer items you buy have been made in Gulag like working conditions all over the world. There are companies who have marketed infant food in Asia & Africa that had been banned in Europe and the USA. Food grains are destroyed and burnt to keep prices up for farmers, rather than send it free to the hungry all over the world. Is that not revolting? Will you boycott such companies/regimes? Or just pay lip service? Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com> wrote: > In an age when people wear labels as if they were branded, why would any > sane person want to be seen holding a camera with a Swaktika on it? > > These cameras are damaged goods pure and simple. It's not the cameras' > fault. Cameras made at the same time but do not bear bear the Swastika > don't > bear the burden of the symbol as much. > > Doug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >