RE: [Leica] Violation

["Peter Zak" <pzak@desidero.com.au>]

Thomas,

I completely agree with you.  I've been on this user group for 4 days now
and had to go through ~100 emails a day.

In that time I've seen threads on:

1. An emotional email slagging match between two of the members about what I
can't remember/don't care to remember
2. 100 odd emails about Kodachrome, when 2-3 should suffice ie. Beautiful
colours, tonality, sharpness and lasts!!
3. Whether F3's are still made - I've owned and F3 and liked it, but I don't
want to read about it here.
4. People either slagging or defending the R8 - If  works for you, you enjoy
using it, and the results are good then who really cares!
5. Tasteless and irrelevant political jokes.

I came here to improve my knowledge about  Leicas and photography, and to
share my own experiences (where relevant) - not to read shit like this.

So far the LUG is a waste of time - I would suggest that those people
wanting to discuss any of the above topics should find a user group that
would better cater for those needs.

Peter Z.

- -----Original Message-----
From:	owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of steve lehuray
Sent:	Thursday, 10 February 2000 7:03
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	Re: [Leica] Violation

Thomas,
Welcome. But I do not know if you can expect anything from this group that
is actually useful about Leicas anytime soon.
Steve
Annapolis

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>From: Thomas Herbert <iphoto@elp.rr.com>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Violation
>Date: Wed, Feb 9, 2000, 2:10 PM
>

> Thanks I just joined today and don't know how much more crap I'm going to
> have to weed through to get something useful about Leica cameras and
lenses
>
> --
> Thomas Herbert, Photojournalist
> (915) 546-2342
> (915) 485-3018 pager
> (559) 677-8961 fax
> iphoto@elp.rr.com
>
>> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 09:58:09 -0800
>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Cc: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Violation
>>
>> I will be ruthless about removing from the Leica Users mailing list
anyone
>> who persists in talking about the politics of any country. While the
>> occasional mention of politics is OK, you still shouldn't do it because
it
>> usually triggers some people to go on and on. The Leica Users Group is
>> international; about 50% of its subscribers are outside the United
States,
>> and I'm sure that they, especially, do not want to see our camera list
>> devolve into US partisan politics. We all have our political beliefs;
this
>> is not the place to state or discuss them.
>>
>>
>