Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for summarizing all of his transgressions and the insults that have resulted from them. You might be doing Alfie more of a service by not encapsulating them in summary form. Everyone seems to have an opinion of Alfie. Why did you only print the negative opinions? We've reached the saturation point on this topic. No matter how really bad he is or really good he is, he has captured too much attention on the forum this week. He's been scalded here in the past, so he obviously doesn't mind the attention. Let's just turn out attention elsewhere. Alfie, keep doing what you're doing, and don't let the talk on the LUG influence you one way or another. Jeffery Smith At 05:18 PM 9/9/2002 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 9/9/02 7:15:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > ><< only an Alfie Wang is that deluded. >> > >The way I see it, Alfie has the following transgressions: > >1) He is not a good photographer, according to the opinion of the self >appointed afficionados of LUG > >2) He either is incapable of listening to "good" advice or refuses to listen >to "good" advice. > >3) He has put up his work for sale but grossly overpriced his work. > >4) He grossly overrated the quality of his work and assigned fancy names to >them like "Existentialist Monograph, etc." > >For these transgressions, some people on this list found it incumbent upon >themselves to abuse and insult him. They are not satisfied with tearing his >work apart, they call him all kinds of names. Witness this: > > "His "craft" is easily the worst I have seen in a long time." > > "Okay, enough is a bleeping nuff! It's time to point out that the > bleeping > Emperor is stark raving naked - and more than a bit mad!" > > "Drop a load of crap off at Kinkos......" > > "which would be fine if he exhibited one scintilla of talent or >originality and was developing a unique style and vision. But he hasn't, and >he isn't... > > "while offering this kind of crap - and I use the word advisedly - to > the >world is >truly appalling." > > "What Alfie is doing is demeaning and insulting to all of us who have >spent years working at our craft - whether as hobbyists or professionals - >honing our skills to the point where we can honestly say, "I am a >photographer." > >People can be honest. People can also be mean. What I see above is not >honesty, it's meanness. I have a dog (Champion collie, in the top 10 in the >US). He flunked training school 3 times. He gets better treatment than >Alfie. Just because he does not have the talent to be a good photographer >according to the standards of the self appointed self important folks on this >LUG does not give anybody the license to spew the kind of venom that we see >above. Since when did it become a crime to be a bad photog or overestimate >the quality of one's work? Let the punishment fit the crime, and in this >instance, I don't even see a crime. > >Dante >-- >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