Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/27

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Shell news
From: "Chandos Michael Brown" <cmbrow@wm.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:08:35 -0400

Priceless, Jeffrey, but I'm not sure that this view is confined to
Roanoke.

I see the beginning of a good joke here somewhere, opening with the
line:

What have Bob Shell and Roman Polanski got in common . . .?

Chandos





"I read that as meaning that, in Roanoke, Bob may be seen as a soft-core

cheesecake photographer."

Chandos Michael Brown
History and American Studies
College of William and Mary
www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jeffery L.
Smith
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:42 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news

I read that as meaning that, in Roanoke, Bob may be seen as a soft-core 
cheesecake photographer instead of an internationally recognized 
photographer and editor, and a good photographer despite his 
often-criticized genre.

Jeffery

At 11:13 AM 6/27/2003 -0400, you wrote:



> >
> >
> > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:07:11 -0400
> > From: Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news
> > Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.20030626230711.01acaa78@pop.infionline.net>
> > References: <3.0.2.32.20030625215543.016994fc@pop.infionline.net>
> >
> > At 09:39 PM 6/25/03 -0600, Tim Atherton wrote:
> > >http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story151415.html
> > >
> > >(they do seem to have a thing about sodomy at the Roanoke Times and
in the
> > >prosecutors office... is that Deliverance country...?)
> >
> > Actually not.  This is pretty much MYOB country -- MIND YOUR OWN
BUSINESS!
> > I really am puzzled by the vigor of the prosecution of Bob, and I
suspect
> > most of this arises as the locals just are unaware of Bob's
international
> > reputation.
> >
> > The Commonwealth's Attorney in Radford is a true gentleman, though,
and
> > quite unlike a lot of the go-for-broke prosecutors we hear about all
the
> > time.  His word IS his bond, and he is a fair and honest man:  but
he is a
> > fair and honest man fully committed to prosecuting Bob.
> >
> > Marc
>
>Marc,
>
>I must be reading this incorrectly, but it appears that you are
suggesting 
>that people with international reputations should somehow be treated
more 
>leniently than the hoi poloi in the criminal justice system.  How would

>the vigor of Bob's prosecution be altered by by the locals
>being "unaware of Bob's international reputation"?
>
>Mark
>
>
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