Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One more question I forgot to ask. How old are you? Mxsmanic wrote: > B. D. Colen writes: > > > Come on, Anthony, try really, really hard not > > to be a total a** for a change. > > Why doesn't anyone just answer the question? Why do my questions get personal > attacks in response, instead of legitimate answers? > > Just what exactly is "brutal sharpness"? If it has an objective existence, it > can be explained, and that can be done without any resort to puerile invective. > > What I find here is that whenever I question something that appears to be pure > mythology, I am assaulted by a tidal wave of emotional responses apparently > intended to distract attention from the fact that there is no real-world basis > for the myth (a tactic that doesn't work with me, in case you have not noticed). > With respect to the question at hand, if Zeiss lenses are indeed "brutally" > sharp (the implication being that sharpness is not a good thing), I'd like to > see this quantified in some objective way. I base my evaluations of equipment > and images on objective information, not emotion, or myth, or hearsay, or > good-old-boy networks. It would be nice if other people here could grow up a > little, drop the personal attacks against me, and just answer questions and > discuss issues in an objective way. It's tiring to deal with people who behave > like spoiled children on a playground. It doesn't exactly enhance the image of > Leica, either, since a disproportionate number of Leica owners (if this list is > representative) seem afflicted by this immaturity. No wonder the company and > its customers get so much bad press (I'm just glad I pressed on with my > discovery of Leica, anyway, despite the wailing children). > > I am unconcerned by all the off-topic bandwidth consumed by many others on this > list--inane conversations concerning alcohol, war, politics, and the like--as I > just skip anything that doesn't interest me. Go ahead and ramble. However, if > you are going to respond to a post or question of _mine_, please keep your > response on topic, and do not waste my time with some juvenile personal attack.