Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:35:11 +0100 (MET) From: Daniel Ridings <danielr@ulrik.uio.no> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Freedom of the press? WAS (something else) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=4&u=/ap/20031112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_media_troubles_1 According to the AP you can blame the military for some things. It doesn't look like the US is likely to regain a higher ranking for 2003. Daniel On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kit McChesney wrote: > Don't blame the military for the folly of the politicians. They only carry > out the half-baked ideas of the powers-that-be. > > K. > > -----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: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:21 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Freedom of the press? WAS (something else) > > True, and the press is more than willing to accept that fact. They get > killed on a regular basis have have for years. But the U.S. military > specifically targets them, and that is not only immoral and illegal, > it's anti-American. But then too many in the military think the flag is > more important than the people it represents. > > On Nov 12, 2003, at 7:15 AM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > > > If you are killed by getting in the way this is not > > suppression of the press. > Eric > Carlsbad, CA > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > -- > 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