Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I live in a part of town in which shootings have become commonplace. Three people have been shot and killed within 100 feet of my front door since Katrina (the "crime camera" on the light pole outside of my house has never functioned). I do have guns in the house (and bars on my windows). They are not part of any male bonding ceremony, nor do I have the craving to take one and kill someone. I like to think I'm not a barbarian. The argument that is most often used in my situation is "you need to get rid of your guns and buy a house in a crime-free neighborhood". Well, I own my current home, and moving to a crime-free neighborhood would add a $1,000 a month 25-year mortgage to a 63-year-old who would like to retire in a few years. So, I avoid the contempt of those who hate guns and hate gun owners by not bringing up the subject. Would I get rid of the guns if the other 270,000,000 guns in the United States weren't there? Absolutely. Let me know when that happens. When Leica enthusiasts meet over dinner, they admire each other's shooting equipment. When gun enthusiasts meet over dinner, they admins each other's shooting equipment. To label the latter group as barbarians for doing so seems ironic. George Zimmerman would be in jail now if the DA had not tried to paint him as a gun-toting racist who could not resist going out with the intent to shoot a black person. That was over the top. He should have been tried as a jerk who got into a fight and, when he started losing the fight, he pulled out a gun and killed the guy. That would have gotten a guilty verdict and he'd be in prison. Demonizing him for gun ownership rather than just sticking with the evidence blew that trial. Jeffery On Oct 19, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > The suggestion that gun ownership is ok simply and only because it's > personally fulfilling or an aspect of cultural bonding is absurd. Of > course, the statement itself is irrefutable, but it totally dodges the > basic question of whether or not gun owners would forgo their pleasures or > rights in exchange for the lives at Newton. > > -Lew Schwartz > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > wrote: > >> I meant it Tina; and I can now put a name to what make them special: >> intimacy. >> >> Keep them coming but stay on the safe side ;-) >> >> Amities >> Philippe >> >> Le 19 oct. 2013 ? 15:52, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> a ?crit : >> >>> Thanks, Philippe! That is the best compliment you could give me. Of all >>> of Ted's excellent photos, the Cowboys resting is my absolute favorite. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:29 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Le 19 oct. 13 ? 13:57, Jean-Michel Mertz a ?crit : >>>> >>>> >>>> This is an excellent photo, not out of focus at all, the main subject, >>>>> people (men) handling a handgun, is clearly at the centre, my eye goes >>>>> there direct, and then there's the rest of the family, women abviously, >>>>> enjoying coffee and a good talk, probably, while their men comment on >> the >>>>> best way to use the thing they are so passionate about. Life and death. >>>>> This is what this picture is about and this is why it is iconic. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Agreed Jean-Michel. >>>> >>>> Life: three generations of women, plus are they not the ones who give >>>> birth? >>>> >>>> Death: Apart from the gun, the lady with the fixed glaze set in the >>>> distance on the left-hand side looks like a cross between a statue and a >>>> stiff as a result (sorry Miss). The photo even includes wreaths in the >>>> background ... speak of readiness. >>>> >>>> Also, the carton below the hand ironically reads half-half ... >>>> >>>> Everything clicks! >>>> >>>> The more I look at it the more I think this photo is one of your very >> best >>>> Tina and, I don't know exactly why, reminds me of Ted's Cowboys resting >> in >>>> that cabin. >>>> >>>> Philippe in awe. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Today in Alabama. Could be Georgia where my daughter lives. "When will >>>>> they ever learn?" Thanks, Tina. >>>>> JM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jean-Michel Mertz >>>>> Strasbourg >>>>> >>>>> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:35:32 -0400 >>>>>> From: images at comporium.net >>>>>> To: lug at leica-users.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Tina's "Tea Party" reunion propaganda photo >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/152934358< >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/152934358> >>>>>> >>>>>> I would appreciate your opinion, Mark. >>>>>> >>>>>> Tina >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to >>>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. >>>> NO ARCHIVE >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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