Re[2]: [Leica] Re: P/S-messages despite use of a Leica

[Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil]

     I "second" your question.  While "good" might come from a constructive 
     criticism or a suggestion for improvement, it is hard to imagine what 
     benefit any photographer could derive from just being told that "most 
     of your pictures [are] unimpressive."
     
     On another matter, your e-mail identified "Christian Becker" as having 
     written the original criticism, and I can only assume that your e-mail 
     software gives you insight into writer's identities, because mine does 
     NOT, and so because Mr. Becker did not put his name on his message, I 
     had no idea whom it came from; nor do I know who YOU are.  Therefore I 
     would suggest that members "sign" their messages, so that we may know 
     who said what and, when we write, to or about whom we are speaking.
     
     Art Peterson
     

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: P/S-messages despite use of a Leica
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet
Date:    4/8/98 11:17 AM

     
Christian Becker wrote:
>Well, Eric, I visited your side to, and want to comment on the above 
>statement and your pictures:
snip!
>But concerning the 'messages', well, frankly (and without wanting to 
>insult you) I find most of your pictures unimpressive. There are of
     
I'm curious about how the author of this text could think that any good 
might come out of posting an affront like this on the LUG.  I find it 
ironic that this should appear alongisde a thread which advocates the 
sharing of super high-resolution images on the web (at no small expense 
to the photographer) for the viewing pleasure of LUGers and others.  
Knowing that there are people who will reach out from halfway across the 
world to deride years of your work is no incentive to go to the trouble.
     
As my mother told me, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say 
anything at all."