Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And by winning the battle, you lost the war. - --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > I would suggest that it is quite bizarre - and I use > the word advisedly - > that someone who has chosen to publically hold > himself out as an expert on a > subject - to the point of having a book published on > that subject - would > withdraw from public because a few "oafs" have > criticized him. If every > expert, or author, behaved the same way when > critized virtually no one would > ever publish a second book, or write about any > subject after their first > publication. > > Very, very bizarre indeed. > > B. D. Colen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Lassiter <kenlass@gate.net> > To: Puts, Erwin <imxputs@knoware.nl> > Cc: Leica Users Forum > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 5:33 PM > Subject: [Leica] No! No!, Erwin! > > > > Erwin: > > > > I shall miss your newsletters. You do not know me > but I have been in > > publishing and writing most of my life -- since > 1960. I was a technical > > editor in publications at Kodak for 25 years and > the Director for ten > > years. Now, retired, I spend much of my time > writing about photography, > > photographers and organizing events in > photography. I admire you and > > the articles you write. And I have been reading > about Leicas ever since > > I bought my first M3 -- which I still have -- in > 1955. > > > > Do not let the oafs on the LUG get you down. As a > fellow editor, I know > > all editors must have a thick skin. There are > many more of us who do > > appreciate you and your writing than those who > would disparage you. We > > just do not make as much noise as the critics do. > > > > Anyone who disagrees with you or does not want to > read your opinions has > > a ready-made solution: hit the Delete Key. Having > said that, I > > sometimes find myself a little credulous at some > of the things you > > write. So even I do not automatically agree with > everything you say. > > But is that not what the Leica Users Group Forum > is for? > > > > Try writing this line a few times: > > > > "I will not let anyone on the LUG upset me. > > I will not let anyone on the LUG upset me. > > I will not let anyone on the LUG upset me. > > I will not let anyone on the LUG upset me. > > ...etc." > > > > With admiration and warm regards... Ken Lassiter, > Boynton Beach, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html