Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 7, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote: > I have no comment on the below and I dismiss its relevance to the question > at hand. I ask again, do we dismiss the susceptibility of an uneducated > mind to outside influence? how can we dismiss it, it's a fact, or at least a byproduct... seems that with education comes skepticism, applies to the US as well, :-) Steve > > That, ladies and gentlemen, is the question that confronts us. > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:07 PM, slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at > charter.net>wrote: > >> Wendy, don't take it like that! I was just making an observation on a bias >> based on cultural relativism. >> Besides, I'm quite familiar with this form of inter state and scientific >> activism. >> My late father was an agricultural engineer, and a research bio-chemist. >> He recounted a story once, of when we lived in France. He was once >> approached by the first president of Mali and members of his cabinet. He >> was >> asked to come to Mali and do a project similar to what the Israelis were >> doing. >> Unfortunately, he couldn't account for our safety once we were in country. >> That's just one story. >> Though the most horrific ones were the stories of fellow agronomists who >> would die mysteriously on location from the oddest accidents. >> S.d. >> >> >> >> On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote: >> >>> I'll sit on the sidelines on this one; it would seem that the prospect of >> an >>> uneducated mind's susceptibility to extremist views is a questionable >> one. >>> >>> Did I miss something here? Maybe it's best I don't participate any >> longer >>> in this forum. I know the forum is dedicated to photography but the fact >>> that I am taking pictures in Afghanistan has apparently caused some >>> problems. >>> >>> Wendy >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:06 PM, slobodan Dimitrov < >> s.dimitrov at charter.net>wrote: >>> >>>> The way it's stated below, leads one to think that illiteracy leads to >>>> extremism. >>>> A high rate of literacy is just as potent a vehicle for reaction. >>>> S.d. >>>> >>>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 6:32 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote: >>>> >>>>> ....effort is further challenged by the facts that we are dealing with >> a >>>> functionally >>>>> illiterate population heavily influenced by the Taliban. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information