[Leica] Watch out for Feds

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

More on that topic :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoEGTc0XybQ

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 4:21 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Hi Douglas, no, the conflict comes about when a celebrity is out in public
> and is incessantly approached by adoring fans.  Some public love is very
> ego boosting but constant interruptions is a problem.
>
> A brief story, a very famous actor and now former governor of an extremely
> large state told me why he had multiple security guards even though he was
> more than capable of handling aggression.   He needed people on both sides
> when in a public restroom so fans wouldn't turn in his direction when they
> noticed him and recognized him; frequently forgetting they were in mid
> stream so to speak.
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 4:17 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
> > Don, I'm a little puzzled by this.
> >
> > "Some conflict may occur when an actor or rap musician is seen but that
> is
> > all wanting to invade privacy for the chance for contact."
> >
> > What are you referring to? Do people attack each other for the chance to
> > be near an actor or rapper? That seems more than a bit over the top.
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 22/07/2019 12:22, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > > That impression is indeed unfortunate.  I spend a large amount of time
> in
> > > the byways of the southern states, especially the smaller towns.  I
> have
> > > never seen better mixing and association(s) between people of all
> > > descriptions.  And yes, I do spend time with some rabidly conservative
> > > types.  I won't make this a long essay but will make two broad
> > statements.
> > > First, almost universally, Americans approve of hard work and talent:
> > > rubbing shoulders with the peach picker at the market causes no
> conflict.
> > > Some conflict may occur when an actor or rap musician is seen but that
> is
> > > all wanting to invade privacy for the chance for contact.  The second
> > point
> > > is that there is a growing intolerance for different levels of justice.
> > We
> > > just reformed some brutal laws that disproportionately incarcerated
> inner
> > > city youth.  But that also applies to acts that are illegal for some
> but
> > > not others.  We are in the process of figuring out where we as a
> country
> > > want to be.  As a large, very rich country with aggressive news
> broadcast
> > > worldwide everyone in the world is seeing that mostly peaceful
> > discussion.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:40 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> > > lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Well, even those Indians used to traveling to the USA, like me, have
> > >> serious second thoughts about going anywhere but the big cities. The
> > logic,
> > >> is why take the chance? If 25-30% of a population are racist and
> > ignorant
> > >> enough to shout "Send Them Back", or whatever, encouraged by the
> > President
> > >> of the day, the chances of them being emboldened to attack a person
> > who's
> > >> skin colour does not match their stereotype gets higher. There are
> many
> > >> better and safer places to travel to!
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Jayanand
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:41 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
> >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Sadly, things look differently from the outside. Of course Brian
> lives
> > in
> > >>> an enclave of sorts, but looking at the country as a whole, one
> > certainly
> > >>> gets a different impression.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>> Nathan
> > >>>
> > >>> Nathan Wajsman
> > >>>
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> > >>>
> > >>>> On 21 Jul 2019, at 23:54, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>> Oh, dear. Does it look, when viewed from Ireland, that this
> > immigration
> > >>> paranoia is a majority view? I seriously doubt that more than 25-30%
> of
> > >> the
> > >>> population, if that, have such harsh feelings. It varies from place
> to
> > >>> place, of course, but in the town I live in (population 67,000) I
> would
> > >> be
> > >>> startled if more than 100 to 200 people share our president's
> ignorant
> > >> and
> > >>> disgraceful views about immigration.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 2019-07-21 14:27, Douglas Barry wrote:
> > >>>>> Brian,
> > >>>>> Nice to see a bit of humour being applied to what appears to the
> > >>>>> current US majority paranoia about immigration, even though the
> > >>>>> paranoiacs all would seem to be a generation or less from settlers
> > who
> > >>>>> arrived in the US from some other country.
> > >>>>> Douglas
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