Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Voltaire: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." At 08:43 AM 4/9/98 -0700, Five Senses Productions wrote: >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/ >