Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Uh.... earth to wannabe lawyers
From: kiklaas@iinet.net.au
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:47:40 +0800

Could be worse...do you drive a Volvo?


></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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