[Leica] Don McCullin knighted

[Nathan Wajsman]

The last time I checked, the Falklands War was started not by Britain but by an Argentine military junta which has totally screwed up the country and thought that the conquest would provide a useful distraction for the population. What would you have Thatcher do? Just roll over and let Galtieri have his way? That was not the kind of leader she was, as the Argentines found out.

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> On 05 Jan 2017, at 12:07, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> Margaret Thatcher banned Don McCullin from a military operation to protect the British Empire, because his photography was essentially 'anti-war'. How ironic that he now accepts a knighthood (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)! 'Wars' and 'Empires' have gone hand-in hand throughout history. If you want to put an end to war, how about questioning the concept of the Empire? It's disappointing he hasn't done this.
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> Bob
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> On Thursday, 5 January 2017, 10:45 Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:  
> Douglas
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> Don is a long-time Leica user and a great photographer who was banned in name by Margaret Thatcher from going to the Falklands war because he was ‘too honest’ and refused to have his images censored. I have met Don a couple of times and he is a difficult man to warm to, but this honour is well deserved and long overdue. A great photographer receiving a long overdue award.
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> Gerry
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>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 09:41, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
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>> Photographer Don McCullin has been knighted (CBE) in the 2017 New Year’s Honours List in the UK for services to photography.
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>> Cheers
>> Douglas
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