[Leica] Touristy cameras

[Steve Barbour]

> On Feb 4, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
> 
> Polls indicate that something like 46% of Republicans already think we have a Muslim president.


can’t tell if they accept it, as it makes  good blah, blah, blah dogma,     or do they actually believe it.



(some things are easy to fact check)





Steve




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>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 12:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Steve,
>> I do not think so. I think your politicians and press demonize Iran too
>> much for short term political gain. I have a few friends who have been
>> going in there regularly for the last 10 years, and what I say is based on
>> their first hand experience. I reiterate that, IMHO, your rather random and
>> brutal police is more to be feared than Iran's for a casual visitor,
>> especially if the colour of your skin is not lily white. Their religious
>> theology is not much different from strains of Christian theology prevalent
>> in the southern states of USA either. It is a democratic country that holds
>> regular elections as well. Before you come at me with the religious nature
>> of the elections, can you imagine a Muslim as President of USA?
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:38 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> From all that I have heard, Iran is probably safer than the USA for a
>>>> visitor. Methinks a biased press brainwashes rather thoroughly! :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> safer from the people is one thing, safer from the authorities another. It
>>> may even be that they are reciprocally related.
>>> 
>>> steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:59 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1. Use black tape.
>>>>> 2. Have Tom carry 1 camera and you carry another. 2 Tourists
>>>>> 3. Don't go off alone PLEASE! Stay on the well beaten tourist path with
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