Re: [Leica] [OFF-TOPIC] re--privacy ?

["phong (Doan huu Phong)" <phong@doan-ltd.com>]

Hi Charles,

      I agree with much of what you wrote below;  now we
      are talking about privacy issues, as opposed to monkeys
      and literature.  Please note that however distasteful the
      game is, I still play, as you do.

      On the other hand, I also respect the wishes of those
      who don't want to participate.   I also tend to omit
      names of other people in unpleasant context.  Doing
      otherwise is quite unnecessary.

     Take care,

- - Phong



- -----Original Message-----
From: Summicron1@aol.com <Summicron1@aol.com>


>Phong my friend, you miss MY whole point.
>
>If privacy is what you want, then do NOT put your thoughts, feelings,
>emotions, discussions or anything else on the Internet.
>
>You are broadcasting your thoughts to the world, and then asking for
privacy?
>
>As to the guy [...]  who got caught with an alternate lifestyle
>on the web, well, there you are, that's the danger  of this new toy
>illustrated right there. You should NEVER expect privacy on the internet.
>Don't believe anyone's claims that it is possible. Legions of hackers are
out
>there to make sure that never takes place. Did you know there is software
that
>can seek out, and find, everything you've ever posted on the web anywhere?
And
>probably can list every site you've ever visited?
>
>The internet is a technological monster and no amount of demanding privacy
on
>it will change it -- such a demand is antithesis of the internet, sort of
like
>going into a crowded room and asking to be left alone.
>
>So face reality and use the LUG for what it is, a discussion of cameras.
Don't
>take things so seriously, and guard your privacy in the best way possible,
by
>keeping it private.
>
>I notice someone made a mention of the deterioration of the First Amendment
>back there somewhere and how government interference was hurting it. I
suspect
>you have a bad understanding of that right.
>
>As a daily practioner of the First Amendment's gifts and rights, I know
that
>freedom of speech always carries responsibility -- you are free to say
>whatever you want, but you are answerable for it as well and responsible
for
>any damage you do. Sometimes what people say in the past is dredged up and
>used against them, true, but that is the price we pay for the freedom of
all.
>Perhaps the worst thing about modern political practice, where that is done
>often, is it doesn't recognize that, sometimes, people change their minds
or
>just put their feet in their mouths. Used to be it was good practice to
write
>what you wanted to say, stick it in a drawer for a day, look at it again
and
>then decide if you wanted to send it off. With e-mail that valuable process
is
>no longer followed, and the resulting bad feelings are another part of the
>Internet we all have to live with.
>
>As to DanC saying he can sign any damn name he wants to his posts, hey dan,
go
>for it.
>
>Want some discussion on topic? Leica hasn't made anything worth a damn
since
>my personal M-3  (#853*** made in 1956) came off the line and I'm still mad
at
>them for putting weird flash plugs in it that cost a fortune to have redone
to
>PC plugs. Discussion?
>
>  (If that doesn't carbonate some people's blood here, nothing will.)
>
>charlie trentelman aka summicron1@aol.com
>Ogden UT
>
>