Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi George, The thing that troubled me about this is that not only is Kevin (and others) being killed by their own side - they are being hampered by their own army in getting treatment - crazy. This is the first time that I've done this kind of work - I just shot whilst the journo I was with had a dialogue with Kevin. There was a moment when Kevin broke down and I put the camera down - I couldn't make the photo, but it would have 'told' his story very succinctly. Maybe I'm not cut out to be a PJ! Julian Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kenney" <georgekenney@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Week 14 (Julian) > Nice photo. > > The last thing I wrote on the Balkans, about two years ago now, > was a review of Chomsky's book on the West's Balkan policy, for > The Nation magazine (you can still, I believe, find that review on > their web site). In short, I concluded that the problem is that policy > makers were evil. It's not a question of good people having honest > differences of view about what's best for the American national > interest. It's just about evil people doing evil things. After having > written that -- and I still believe it -- it's hard to think what else to say > that serves any useful purpose. > > G. > > > On 12 Apr 2001, at 10:45, Julian Thomas wrote: > > > Week 14 is up at http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293130051 . > > A bit of a story to this one. Kevin is suffering from depleted uranium > > poisoning. He picked it up in Bosnia after volunteering 'to help his > > country'. I've seen a letter from the MOD saying that they have no > > record of him being there. He is 41. His military medical records, > > along with scores of others from the Gulf and Bosnia, have been > > 'lost'. As his illness progresses his mental facilities decline. > > > > Anyway, M4-2 (the M6 vf was flaring!), 50 summilux. > > > > Julian > > ----------------------------------- > > Julian Thomas > > Bruc 168-6-1 > > 08037 Barcelona > > > > tfno 679676321 > > > > weekly photos at http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293130051 > > > > >