Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) - -----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 5:25 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Shell news fascists I can't spell either :) D On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Daniel Ridings wrote: > :) > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > > 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