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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: FW: congress to stamp out goth culture -- thank god
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:44:36 -0400

Damn right! Of course my view of things is that there are a whole lot
scarier, far more dangerous, 'devil worshipers' running our government than
there are hanging out in Goth bars...;-)

Ooooops, there goes that damn Tourette's again!

B. D.
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ken Wilcox
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:11 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Re: FW: congress to stamp out goth culture -- thank god


The idiots in government sure are generous with MY tax dollars! #%&*@

Ken Wilcox


At 12:46 PM -0400 4/11/02, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>well leicaserfs, this is it. my ship has come in. finally, my chance to
>become fameous. i'm not sure that i will be able to remember all you little
>people in the days to come as i am rocketed to the circle of the greats,
>ansel adams, minor white, hcb, et. al, so if you want to get my autograph,
>you probably only have a matter of hours to get your request in.
>
>my impending mega-stardom will come thanks to Congressman Sam Graves, a
>Missouri Republican who has earmarked $273,000 to stamp out "goth culture"
>in his home district of Blue Springs. In a press release Graves said: "It
is
>my hope that this funding will give the officers in the Youth Outreach Unit
>the tools they need to identify Goth culture leaders that are preying on
our
>kids,"
>
>as goths around the world are ground under the thumb of the federal
>government and turn in their black lipstick and bauhaus t-shirts in
exchange
>for polo and dockers my goth photo project will become as valuable as
>doccumenting the last days of the Shakers or any of margaret bourke white's
>paltry dustbowl photography.
>
>for your last look at this embattled and dying culture, i give you some
>leicashotz:
>
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/goth/
>
>yours with infinite hubris,
>
>k "soon to be so fameous i will dispose of each leica after i have run a
>single roll through it to be replaced by a brand new one" c
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