Re: [Leica] RE: Eric's site & the LUG Gestapo

["Jorg - Mindspring" <jorg@mindspring.com>]

You must be kidding!  The issue is not that Becker can't say his opinion.
The issue is to maintain a well-established level of manners that I have
always enjoyed.  Der Ton macht die Musik!
Who cares whether he is impressed with Eric's picture or not as long as he
makes general statements?  He starts contributing when he explains why, how
and what could be improved.  Some of us have challenged him to do that.
Let's see.  That could provide a platform for an interesting discussion.

You call those that take exception to Becker's style LUG Policy and Gestapo.
I hope you see the irony!

'nough said!

Jorg Willems


- -----Original Message-----
From: Stephen <cameras@jetlink.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Eric's site & the LUG Gestapo


>I personally find it very amusing  that so many people are upset about
>someone's  honest appraisal of Eric pics.   So what if Becker doesn't
>like the images ?   Becker is still  entitled to have that opinion and
>to be able to post that view without being lambasted for it.
>
>ANYONE has the right to an opinion on photographs, and has the right to
>express that opinion on the net, or on the LUG.  The notion that one
>person's opinion on a photograph is someone better than someone else's
>is bullshit as far as I am concerned.  Either you like it or you don't,
>that's all there is to it.   Other factors like experience, awards, LUG
>contributions,  how well someone is liked, what your mother said,  or
>how it will be received by the defenders of Eric,  are all irrelevant
>when it comes down to "Do you like the picture or not?"
>
>That the LUG Police want to verbally abuse and flame  anyone for posting
>a negative appraisal of  Eric's pics shows far more about the  Gestapo
>than it does about Eric's pics or someone who isn't particularly
>impressed by them.
>
>What about the freedom of speech and the discussion of ideas?
>
>To avoid similar  problems in the future,   please post guidelines of
>what LUG members may or may not write or think.
>
>Stephen Gandy
>
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