Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for getting the quote straight! At 01:15 PM 4/9/98 -0400, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: >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/ >> > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/