Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most amusing. But seriously - I would save him if I could. If I were to let him drown when it was within my power to save him, then I would merely be making myself more like him. So, he would ultimately win anyway. You cannot fight evil with evil. Be true to yourself. Brian McCarthy brian@imagespace.co.uk www.imagespace.co.uk > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pascal" <cyberdog@attglobal.net> > > To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:04 PM > > Subject: [Leica] Which lens would you use ? (a moral dilemma) > > > > > > > A moral question > > > > > > I have a moral question for you. This is an imaginary situation, > but I > > think > > > it is fun to decide what one would do. > > > > > > The situation: You are in the Middle East, and there is a huge > flood in > > > progress. Many homes have been lost, water supplies compromised > and > > > structures destroyed. > > > > > > Let's say that you're a photographer and getting still photos for > a news > > > service, traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant > scenes. You > > come > > > across Osama Bin Laden who has been swept away by the floodwaters. > He is > > > barely hanging on to a tree limb and is about to go under. > > > > > > You can either put down your camera and save him, or take a > Pulitzer Prize > > > winning photograph of him as he loses his grip on the limb. So, > here's the > > > dilemma, think carefully before you answer the question below: > > > > > > Which lens would you use? > > > > > > Pascal > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > -- > > > --------- > > > Visit my Leica photo pages at http://www.leicapages.com > > > --------- > > > <<< PGP public key available upon request >>> > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html