Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] Susan Sontag
From: enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka)
Date: Tue Dec 28 12:35:33 2004
References: <1104264930.41d1bee22fbf3@webmail.mit.edu> <6.1.0.6.2.20041228122625.05e2e8b0@192.168.100.42> <6.1.2.0.0.20041228133335.01d89298@mail.comcast.net>

ON second thought I can say a few bad things about the dead - here's a few 
select quotes for us to ponder:

http://enitka.com/sontagsayings.html

ernie

At 01:35 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote:
>Richard - let me see which one I have at home - if you want it I can mail 
>it to you for the cost of postage - I have never been a fan but of course 
>I can't speak poorly of the dead
>
>ernie
>
>enitka1@comcast.net
>
>At 01:28 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote:
>>Hmm... again, as late starter on this sort of stuff, I often hear 
>>criticisms of her writings but actually haven't read anything by her yet. 
>>So if I were to jump in with both feet, which one of her books is the 
>>most controversial (for good reasons)?
>>
>>At 12:15 PM 12/28/2004, B D Colen wrote:
>>
>>>ELowi just informed us of the death of S. Sontag, writing -
>>>"Love her or hate her, she died today at 71."
>>>
>>>Pedantic, self-important, at times so far off-base she wasn't even on 
>>>the field.
>>>And yet at times so brilliantly insightful one cannot escape reading her.
>>>
>>>I don't know that she will be missed. But she will be remembered.
>>
>>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
>>use richard at imagecraft.com)
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Replies: Reply from jefferys at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
In reply to: Message from bdcolen at MIT.EDU (B D Colen) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Message from enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)