Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not suggesting that books don't provide perspective, reflection, new ways of looking at things, and, sometimes new information. I'm just saying that we don't get our 'news' or coverage of 'current events' from books. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric Welch Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:55 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: National Geographic scandal B. D., I'd have to disagree. But it depends on how you define current. David Halberstam's book "Bush at War" took a little while to come out, but it certainly put current events in perspective. It was darn prescient! On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 04:07 PM, bdcolen wrote: > Beyond that, no informed person ever got their information on "current > events" from books and college courses. "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man [person] in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." - --Herbert Spencer - -- 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