Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good for you, Nathan, keep it up. I quit in 1982, actually at 4:17:32 p.m. on July 24 :). Do you still reach for a smoke when the phone rings or you have coffee? I did for a few years. Now I am all holy and object to smoke. If I can do it, anyone can. I ran out of cigs at almost exactly 5 p.m. each day and walked down to get another pack. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:10 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Clarkson's international incident. > > To prohibit someone from smoking outside borders on fascism. And I do > not use that word lightly. > > Nathan (who quit 3 months ago but does not hate smokers) > > On 16/09/2009, at 21:48, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > >> ... and also got himself a lot of, I suspect much desired, publicity, > >> much like the recent Kanye West/Taylor Swift brouhaha here. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Dick > >> > >> > > It has been solidified that outrageous behaviour is a commodity. > > I always said an once of notoriety is worth a pound of fame. > > > > I'm hoping that brash rude behavior gets tolerated less. > > Normally I'm big on "tolerance". > > Intolerance the only thing I don't tolerate. > > > > But we're supped to be tolerant towards people smoking in parks is > > today's > > NY headline. > > To me that is not a "tolerance" issue at all. > > That is a "get our of my face with your &^%#$ cigarette" issue. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information