Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Boy, and I used to think that I was a cynic... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:29 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: Little things ... Re: [Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos On 5/27/04 <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)> thoughtfully wrote: > >No reflection on you, Adam, but as my mother says in situations like >this: Little things excite little minds. > >"carefully contrived" ... that's show-business. No big deal. I >appreciate it less in a politician though. > "No reflection on you" is, like "no offense intended" a way of saying something meant to give offense but which is intented to duck the responsibility for saying it not-very-gracefully. That said, the manipulation of what is called "pop culture" is the same as what happens in politics. Many people are becoming increasingly sensitive to it and many more are becoming desensitized. In the U.S. it's all a part of the same spectrum, no longer seperable. Adam _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information