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Subject: Re: [Leica] Uh.... earth to wannabe lawyers
From: "\(SonC\) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 20:12:03 -0600
References: <B8C53F7A.1942E%dante@umich.edu>

Whew, Dante, don't be so hard on the King of Siam!


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From: <dante@umich.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Uh.... earth to wannabe lawyers


>
> </begin tirade>
>
> The constant attacks here on lawyers (and sometimes doctors and dentists)
is
> unwarranted and frankly, inexcusable.  It's time for some people here to
> grow up.
>
> 1.  The suggestion that lawyers are responsible for acrimony here is
absurd.
> Some of the most litigious people on this group are not doctors, lawyers
or
> dentists.  In fact *the* most litigious people here seem to be
photographers
> and digital processing people.  Marc Small and others squaring off in
grand
> fashion is not the norm, but the exception.
>
> 2.  The suggestion (which has even popped up in this thread) that "I don't
> need a lawyer; I can read," (i.e., lawyers perform no societal function)
is
> absurd.  The proliferation of personal-injury lawyers is a testament to
> society's utter lack of self-reliance and dependence on others to absolve
it
> of its own carelessness.  Similarly, people like me who do commercial work
> know that many, many people (including a large number of photogs) who set
> out on business expeditions often fail to organize their affairs properly
> and end up getting screwed. This happens despite self-assurances they know
> what they are doing.  Then they call us to bail them out.  Just like you
> call a doctor to bail yourself out of your bad eating habits or a dentist
to
> bail yourself out of poor dental hygiene.
>
> 3.  I was not raised to make fun of people for who they are, their race,
> religion, or what they do.  I have not observed the doctors, dentists and
> lawyers here ridiculing professional photographers. I don't expect that
> photographers (or people purporting to be them) should attack other groups
> of people who work for a living. Anyone who thinks that doctors, dentists
> and lawyers don't work should visit an emergency room, an oral surgery, or
> my office at 11pm on a Tuesday.  Everyone has their own job.  Just as your
> photo job is not "Blowup," my legal one is not "Ally McBeal."
>
> 4.  If it weren't for the rich doctors and lawyers (and dentists), who
would
> keep consuming technologically obsolete Leica M cameras at $2,000 a pop?
> Who would buy your used-up M3?  Given the miniscule market share Leica
has,
> the medical, dental and legal professions are keeping your favorite brand
> afloat.  That and the King of Siam, who is probably no photographer either
> and has doubtless never worked a day in his life.
>
> Regards
> ------------
> Dante Stella
> http://www.dantestella.com
>
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