Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My parents told me all my life I was an occident..jh > > And for the record, I have no problem at all being referred to as an > "Occidental"..... > > lighten up > > Is the luxury train "Orient Express" still running? > > cheers > > Jack McLain > Tucson, AZ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 1:32 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] FOCUS GROUPS for LEICA/ HERMES > > > > Actually, no, Jack - It's hardly new. I first heard it about a decade > > ago when an Asian student in a class at Harvard Medical School dropped > > it on a prof who used "Orientals?" I wonder, would you say the same > > thing about the use of blacks or African Americans in place of n*****? > > Or Jews, rather than k****? Or how about Irish, rather than h****? As > > you well know, the term harks back to the days when the sun never set > on > > the British Empire. Why does using the factually correct term bother > > you? Can you show me a modern map of the world with the term "Orient" > on > > it? Just wondering. > > > > 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 Jack > > McLain > > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:20 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] FOCUS GROUPS for LEICA/ HERMES > > > > > > oh... how darlingly PC > > > > I do hope you are only busting chops here > > > > Jack McLain > > Tucson, AZ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 12:20 PM > > Subject: RE: [Leica] FOCUS GROUPS for LEICA/ HERMES > > > > > > > "Orientals?" Carpets use cameras? You don't mean "Asians," do you? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry > > > Lehrer > > > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 12:34 PM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: [Leica] FOCUS GROUPS for LEICA/ HERMES > > > > > > > > > LUGers > > > > > > I have been berated off-list by quite a number of LUG members for > > > suggesting that very few of us would ever be chosen for the Hermes/ > > > Leica Focus Group. Even comments like (Focus?-Bofus?) Have some of > > > your racist friends explain that one. > > > > > > Lets face it Leica listens to a group of prestigious European and > > > Oriental photographers whose works are published as Leica users. > They > > > probably laugh at most of us, who your fair-haired boy, HK, has > > > defined as a bunch of fondles and worse. > > > > > > I may be wrong, but how many of you have been chosen for the Hermes/ > > > Leica Focus Group? > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > -- > 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