[Leica] Re: vanity pets or leica gear?

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Here! Here! I was waiting to see who might make the Leica gear/Single
Malt/Tilley/Mont Blanc/ argument. :-)

There are, of course, those who argue that it is obscene for a
photographer to go to the third world with a modest $5,000 in
photographic equipment to take photos of people who will not earn that
in their life-time. But those are generally the same people who argue
that we should all live in shacks and give everything we make above and
beyond what we need to survive to those who make less. Wait, haven't I
heard that expressed as something like, "from each according to their
abilities, to each according to their needs?" :-)

Seriously folks...Are we all guilty of selfish, irrational behavior of
one sort or another? I know I am. Do we all do all we can to help those
less fortunate than we? Damn few of us do.

B. D.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Mitch Zeissler
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 4:26 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] Re: vanity pets or leica gear?


> in the Volvo to the Vets to have the dog operated on for cancer at a
> cost of $5,000. Vanity pets have no place in a world of suffering
human 
> beings.
> 
> Sam S
+++++++++++++++++++++++

By that twisted logic, Leica gear (or anything else above a bare
necessity required for simply living) should have no place in a world of
suffering human beings either, being that the typical *used* M kit
represents a fabulous sum in most developing nations, let alone the
princely amount represented by a new kit.

Those who do not, cannot or elect not to have children, frequently have
a pet take the same place in their lives, and your comments are
profoundly inflammatory to them, even if they use a worthless 15
year-old busted pickup to take their precious companion to the vet for a
simple checkup.

If you feel so strongly about it, Sam, please sell your Leica gear and
donate the proceeds to the impoverished people you refer to in your
original message.

Regards,

/Mitch
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