Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Compulsive political message posting
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 20:25:38 -0500 (CDT)

You could look up a couple other things in the dictionary and 
see Richard Edward's picture, I bet :) :)

Walt

On Mon, 5
Apr 1999, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Walt wrote: 
> >         Go to Carrollton, Tx. and ride your bike to the park without
> >         a helmet.  Go to KALIFORNICA and sit in a bar and smoke a cigar.
> Snip
> > It is to be expected that discussions on the LUG will occasionally
> > lead to political topics. However, if you find yourself frequently leading
> > discussions into political issues, it is a sign that you have lost a sense
> > of proportion, and that something in your emotional makeup and identity
> > is causing you to behave inappropriately.
> snip
> > One common sign of depression is a tendency to lead most conversations
> > into politics, or other irrelevant issues that weigh heavily on one's soul.
> Snip
> > With the proper drugs or therapy, you will find yourself discussing politics
> snip
> > I hope this helps.
> > 
> > -Al
> Getting sued or pummeled for photographing people on the street is a
> political as much as legal issue. You could make it into a psychological
> issue but that you indicate a bias on your part that could indicate
> intense chemical therapy. Other forms of therapy might also be indicated
> but I am not free to prescribe them as one needs to be a Doctor in most
> civilized colonies. 
> The issues at hand are First and other Amendment rights. 
> For now on when you look up presumptuousness in the dictionary it will
> say see Richard Edwards. That's a semantic issue.
> Mark Rabiner
>