Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Someone said something like "I may not like what my neighbor says about me, but I will vigorously defend his right to do so." At 05:29 PM 4/8/98 -0400, Stephen wrote: >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 > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/