Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/12

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Subject: [Leica] Bizzare Was No! No!, Erwin!
From: Dennis Painter <dennis@hale-pohaku.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:32:46 -0700
References: <3CB752B8.D01D9FF5@gate.net> <014201c1e288$0cf1fe20$0400a8c0@ccapr.com>

You *are* speaking of Erwin's last newsletter. "criticized"? there was no
criticism in the post here, no, it was a
blatant intention to ridicule him. Did you really find his reaction *bizarre*?

Criticism and ridicule are not the same and you should know it.


"B. D. Colen" 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

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