Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg Mironchuk wrote: > > At 1:21 PM 2/17/97, Marc James Small wrote: > >If we give into fascism, we are fascists. The only 'terror' in the US is > >that which we bring on ourselves. Fight back! Ignore the jerks. > > > > >If the police pummel you for having a 'machine-gun lookalike', suggest they > >take a long walk off a short pier. I'd be damned before my photography was > >affected by the anal-retentive fears of some "security" officer. As to the > >public, I suggest they watch less TV and get a life. > > > > (with tongue firmly lodged in cheek..........) > > I'll try that, next time "they" take me away in one of those vans, that > used to be identified by a Term That Is Offensive To Those Of Irish > Descent. > > (tongue out of cheek........) > > I am one of those who believe that my Constitutional Right to gather and > disseminate News is no more, nor less, important than everyone else's > Constitutional Rights. > > People have a right to feel safe, wherever they may be... so do I, as a > matter of fact. I have a family, and a home, and a cat, and hobbies... I'm > no different than any of my neighbors. > > While I decry the fear that has gripped the Common Man... fear of > terrorists, murderers, street-gangs, serial rapists-killers-cannibals, or > whatever... and while I don't see many sensible solutions to the problem > (making it tougher for me to get my film on and off an airplane will do > little to protect the victims of the next Airliner Bombing) on the > horizon... I will not belittle the fear of my neighbors. > > It may NOT be justified by their Daily Experience... but tell that to the > old guy in the wheelchair, who got shot, and pushed off the "Achille > Lauro". > > Greg. > > Greg Mironchuk > 409 Central St, Saugus, MA 01906 > 617-941-8030 * 617-362-7417 page > gregm@world.std.com hear, hear!