Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Quem's Post
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 11:53:20 -0400

Your reply   would make Will Rogers proud!
Shall we move on to the relevant matter of  bodies and optics!
Cheers Wilber

Chandos Michael Brown wrote:

> This is hardly the intent of any of the relevant posts.  Most of the dander
> we comb out of the LUG is comprised of aggressive misprisions, knee-jerk
> reaction, and thoughtless vaporing, usually accompanied by some pious
> appeal to civility and relevance, both of which are patently transgressed
> in the post itself.
>
> Years ago I was researching a biography of an early 19th mineralogist who
> received a nice bit of wisdom from a friend in New York:
>
> "In our endeavor to be right, let us not be righteous overmuch."
>
> Chandos
>
> At 11:16 AM 7/7/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> >Are there any other terrorists that you would like the LUG to help get
> >removed from jail so she or he may continue their killing?  Do you want Ben
> >Laden removed from the "wanted" list?
>
> Chandos Michael Brown
> Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies
> College of William and Mary
>
> http:www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown