Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is this a troll, the ravings of a racist asshole who makes Ted sound like Martin Luther King, Jr. come again, or both? B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Don Rorschach Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 1:01 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] the latest madness The next question is: where would they be now if their ancestors had not been caught by Africans and sold into slavery by Africans? Africa being eaten by other Africans? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] the latest madness > It was quite an interesting event actually. Ted made some jokes about > slavery. I suspect that the people who got angry at him will have made the > politically simplistic equation slavery=black slavery in the US. > Unfortunately, slavery is a major phenomenon in the modern world, with over > 200 million slaves worldwide at the moment (can't remember the source, UN > most likely), and no-one has a monopoly on victimhood, nor does anyone hold > the moral high ground in this area. > > Ted left the list - well too bad. He has pissed plenty of people off in his > time and he's also been very helpful to a lot of people on this list (I > myself have a pair of his underpants as a lens cleaning cloth), but his > mythical status might seem a bit puzzling to an outsider. But I'm sure that > he wouldn't have had the career he has had, if he wasn't hard as nails > underneath the grampa exterior. He'll be back eventually - who could resist > the adulation? > > Unfortunately the LUG is singularly devoid of a sense of humour and doesn't > tolerate satire very well - which is pretty much par for the course for the > internet. > > Now if BD left the list - that would be a disaster, in quantitative terms at > least! ;-) > > R. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffery Smith" <JLS@runbox.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] the latest madness > > > > It happened at the end of the Slavery and Canada thread (which I avoided > > looking at altogether). Apparently Ted made some tongue-in-cheek comments > > after the thread had gotten completely out of hand, and some folks took > him > > seriously and flamed him. A learning experience for me: (1) don't say > > anything tongue in cheek on the LUG because someone will take it > seriously, > > and (2) don't take anything seriously on the LUG. This is approaching Sci > > Fi proportions. > > > > JLS > > > > At 10:14 AM 9/2/2002 -0300, you wrote: > > >B. D. Colen wrote: > > > > > > > I told you what I know to be the case: Ted Grant unsubscribed from the > LUG. > > > > He did not say anything about taking a breather. He said he was > > > > unsubscribing after receiving what he describes as a number of quite > nasty > > > > off-list messages from list members even after he apologized on-list > > > for his > > > > post. > > > > > > > > He didn't say if he'd be back at some point in the future or not. > > > > > > > > B. D. > > > > > > > > >oh... I missed this !! > > >what happened ? > > > > > >well, people comes and goes... that's life. > > > > > >Pablo > > > > > > > > >-- > > >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 > > > > > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html