Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/18

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Subject: RE: [Leica] @#$@#$#@ foreigners..
From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:06:36 -0500
References: <004e01c34d66$9de17fb0$3e23fea9@ccasony01> <004e01c34d66$9de17fb0$3e23fea9@ccasony01>

No, Don R. reacted to the innocuous anti-Japanese statement by blasting us 
all with a torrent of racism. The knee-jerk reactions weren't nonsensical; 
they were all attempts by LUGers to express that they were not of the same 
mind(?) of Don R.

Jeffery

At 07:26 PM 7/18/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>B.D.
>
>I was referring to the earliest stages, when one unfortunate reference to 
>the used camera buying habits of the inhabitants of a certain Asian Island 
>Nation triggered a whole lot of nonsensical knee-jerk responses from both 
>"sides".- but I guess that we should expect this with all the hot weather.
>
>I 'm sorry that I didn't mention watched first. <grin>
>
>Allen
>
>
>>Actually, Allen, it all started with one excusably racist tirade by a
>>member who NEVER apologized for what he said, and went on from
>>there...;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Allen
>>Graves
>>Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 3:19 PM
>>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] @#$@#$#@ foreigners..FU to all who agree with this
>>crap
>>
>>
>>Since you came in at the end, you should have read all the messages.
>>If you had bothered to, you would have realized that
>>
>>1. This all started when one innocent misstatement (for which the
>>poster promptly apologized) was blown all out of proportion. Kyle
>>tried to end the ridiculous onslaught that followed with an
>>appropriately ridiculous summary.
>>
>>2. Kyle never really serious about anything he says, unless it's
>>"Keep pushing the shutter button and it will come unstuck", or words
>>to that effect.
>>
>>3. The thread was dead and you only appear ridiculous by trying to
>>continue it with your inflammatory posts.
>>
>>Lets get back to whiskey, hats and focusing.
>>
>>Allen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>I truly hope that all this foreigner stuff is a joke and is just
>>>bullshit. Actually I always seem to come in one the end of these things
>>
>>>so I will only say, all of you all so call Americans did not heed the
>>>internet smoke screen messages sent up by the natives of this country
>>>not so long ago, so .....why is it oh so convenient now to say oh we
>>>are Americans.
>>>
>>>I trust that we all know that every single person in this country
>>>has an immigrant, and a foreigner in their family..so if I am not
>>>mistaken, we all foreigners here.  But hey...so soon we forget shit
>>>right?
>>>
>>>AND I AM PUTTING MY NAME IN BOLD
>>>
>>>RUDDY
>>>
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