Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >-- >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