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Subject: RE: [Leica] Shell news
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:22:57 +0200 (MEST)

:)

If I can't x y z facists in Iraq, then let's leave Bob Shell alone.

:)

Daniel


On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, bdcolen wrote:

> Damn! I hope this doesn't mean that Brian died and left you in charge!
> He's okay, isn't he? :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel
> Ridings
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:59 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Cc: mlanger@ccs.carleton.ca
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news
>
>
> Drop it.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Mark Langer wrote:
>
> > > Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:42:14 -0500
> > > From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news
> > > Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030627104055.02a66c88@mdaemon.dcc.edu>
> > > References: <200306271441.HAA10670@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Well, Bob Shell may be internationally recognized, but his stuff looks
>
> > like soft-core cheesecake to me.  But that's a side issue.  He either
> > is criminally responsible to some degree for the death of this woman,
> > or he is not.  I'm not sure that Marc is suggesting that his celebrity
>
> > should be modifying the zeal with which this case is prosecuted or
> > not.
> >
> > This is a distressing subject (particularly to the soon-to-be former
> > Mrs. Shell), so I am not trying to start a flame war or get out of
> > line in any way.  I am very conscious that we are dealing with a real
> > human tragedy.  At least one other photography newsgroup has
> > suppressed all discussion of this topic.  Perhaps I am out of line in
> > encouraging Bob Shell's defence counsel to discuss his case in a
> > public forum.  If so, I apologize, and will understand if prudence
> > forbids Marc James Small from discussing this further.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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