Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, I agree 100%, but I cannot believe some of the responses! It is like the "thought police" have come to roost here on the list. What a pity! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > No Jay. It is all silly. > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Am I right in now thinking that US cultural sensitivities and > conventional > > wisdom are the only ones that should be adhered to on the list, and the > > rest of the world be damned? (-: > > That sort of narrow minded thinking is what triggered this whole exchange > > in the first place! LOL! > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> > > wrote: > > > > > It is indeed personal. I have never looked at Nathans photos and > thought, > > > "What I would do with her!" Never. I am suspicious of these who think > it > > is > > > demeaning. Perhaps they are guilty of thinking or expressing bad > > thoughts. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Jeffery Smith > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 5:43 PM > > > To: Leica Users Group > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Politically correct > > > > > > > > > I rarely see anybody use "Se?orita" in a post except those started by > > > Lluis and Nathan, and using that word where they live is not at all > > > offensive. If someone responds to a thread by Lluis or Nathan > containing > > > "Se?orita", would they be offending you, your wife, your daughter, and > 5 > > > female grandchildren as well? Guilt by response? I hope not. You and > > your > > > extended family might want to steer way clear of Spain. > > > > > > I suppose I'm surprised that you are nonplussed by the use of that word > > in > > > threads by Lluis and Nathan, and you seem to be extending your outrage > to > > > the LUG membership in general. And soon after giving a big "high five" > to > > > RicCarter for his comments to Tina. > > > > > > Jeffery > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information