Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a simple question. Is this really a valid topic for the LUG. Each of the 600+ LUG members will have a different view of this. I certainly do. But if I want to discuss it, I'll go to List5. I suggest those who want to indulge in off the wall non LUG topics, go to List5. Jim Jim At 06:32 PM 11/5/98 -0600, you wrote: >> I think the paramount difference >>in American society today is that kids are growing up with little >>or no parental guidance and sense of values; in the last three >>decades the very important job of parenting has been given little >>value in American culture. > >The flaw in that thinking is the kids in Arkansas that shot their >schoolmates had lots of parental guidance. Their parents had them target >shooting quite early in life. It's not just a lack of parental concern and >guidance that is needed, but quality of that guidance that counts. Not that >teaching kids about guns is wrong - I went through hunter safety quite >early, and was exposed to guns at home for years. > >>That, and the fact that the media want you to believe that >>violence is increasing by leaps and bounds, when, in fact, it >>is not (it's just getting more exposure and sensationalized). > >Baloney. The media doesn't want you to believe any such thing. The media is >way too broad a descriptor for any meaningful statement of this kind. Some >government agencies (i.e. police, etc.) release blown-out-of-proportion >statistics to make people think what they want. Why? To keep funding going. >The NEWS media has to figure out how to overcome this distortion field. And >they are, with computer-aided reporting, we are getting more accurate >numbers out these days. And surprise! Some numbers are going down! Violent >crime is going down in many places. And my employers have been reporting >that for years. >-- > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >All generalizations are false. > http://www.photoaccess.com Jim Brick, ASMP, BIAA Photo Access (650) 470-1132 Visual Impressions Publishing Visual Impressions Photography (408) 296-1629