Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mary Grace, Establishing your bona fides as a major league retro-camera fetishist says nothing about the nasty-mindedness of your gratuitous ethnic slur. You sidestep completely any responsibility to consider the effect of your words on those who read them -- their interpretation of your words cannot simply be dismissed as someone else's problem. Having said that, this is your opportunity to explain how you were misunderstood: So -- what did you intend when you brough up the topic of sex dolls made in Japan? Are you introducing prurience (OT) or bigotry (also OT) to the LUG? We're listening. ESpace, et al. - ------Original Message------ From: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us To: studio597@mail.com Sent: September 24, 2000 7:03:42 PM GMT Subject: Re: [Leica] 0-Series & Japanese Sex Dolls (reiterated) > Adrian etal - Actually the Wetzlar Leitz Acadamie did once require > the senior students to make & assemble by hand a replica of either > the UR or the null series camera in order to graduate. Many of these > have been on the open market for years and were sold for between > $1,000 & $2,000 each. I personally own about 6 Leica IA cameras > that were made in 1927 to 1932. Jeremy Kime can vouch for that > since he has seen part of my collection that I have been actually taking > pictures with for many years. I have separate range finders but enjoy > judging the distance myself. There also have been quite a few working > and non-working replicas that were made in Italy & show up on eBay > ever so often. I once owned a Los Angeles made fiberglass bodied > 1956 Porsche 356a Speedster with a VW engine that was fun to drive > for a while. > > One thing for sure about Email is that there will always be people who > have their own interpretations of what you write & not what you meant. > > Mary Grace > > apbbeijing@yahoo.com writes: >> >> I understand that many of the special products such as cut-away camera and >> the Ur Leica replica were projects for apprentices at the factory: beats >> drilling holes in sheet metal, I suppose. The O Leica is likely a similar >> project which does much to draw attention to Leica's prime asset: its >> history. >> > ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup