Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Is there any doubt that the USA are not any more in the first stage of > turning into a police state? Sorry, no Leica content here. But after > seeing all that has been done against civil liberties in USA after > 9-11, I felt that the expression "police state" should be used but > wasn´t. For me the subliminal photo (Leica) content lies in the fact that I always carry a Leica. If I'm in a place which I suspect the Leica will not find acceptance, I carry it under my jacket. Now, if I'd been at that mall and seen a father and son harassed for wearing T's which said "Peace" I'd have swung the camera out and began photographing the scene. And I very much suspect that I too would have ended up having words and actions with the "authorities." I can't help but feel that these events are all about Leica photography and its greatest photo journalistic traditions. I also wonder how many, heavy metal, punk and rapp (read hate / violence) T's roamed those malls (not to mention Nike, et al). - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html