[Leica] RE: Korans, Urine and Smith and Wesson . . .

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

Let me see.  3,000 die at the World Trade Centre, killed by a group
mostly made of Saudis.  OK, it was organized by Bin Laden, hiding in
Afganistan, so I can see the military intervention there, although I
can distinguish Saudi Arabia from Iraq.  The US attacks Iraq because
of "weapons of mass destruction" that weren't there.  No Iraqis
involved in 9/11.  Now there are 100,000 dead Iraqis and about 1.700
dead US soldiers.  And Norm's view is that not enough have died.

I'm having trouble following Norm's logic.  I won't even comment on
Norm's statement of "nuke 'em all and let God sort them out" other
than to speculate what fate a just God would have for supporters of
genocide.

Now, can we get back to things Leica?

Mark

On 6/9/05, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote:
> I'm sorry. Hope your son is doing well, but being shot at
> at gives one neither moral nor logical authority in political
> matters.
> 
> I always though the Harley riding, gun toting faction of
> our American culture (to which I am born and do love,
> more or less) were generally libertarians, not suck ups to
> our current authoritarian, elitist right wing leadership.
> 
> I'm no cultural relativist, instead an old style modernist, if
> you will.  But that said, your talk of nukes counts you among
> the criminally insane, not the patriotic.
> 
> Scott
> 
> Norm Aubin wrote:
> 
> >Can't let this crap go by . . . .
> >
> >
> >Well, truth be told, probably not enough have died!
> >
> >And not enough urine has been spread in the right places . . .
> >
> >>From my perspective they should have nuked the places,
> >and let God sort them out.  Too many of our innocents died,
> >too many people through out the world have taken advantage
> >of our generosity, and have bitten the hand that fed them the
> >last 100 years.  They confuse generosity and kindness with
> >weakness.
> >
> >Perhaps the anti-Americans have a good idea and we should
> >just shut down our borders, chase the immigrants and illegals
> >out, and cut off foreign aid and trade.
> >
> >But what do I know, I'm just an amateur photographer who
> >rides a Harley, carries a Colt .45 (especially when he's out at
> >night with 10K worth of cameras), and who likes his old Leica
> >cameras about as much as his old guns and scooters.
> >
> >I'm sure a lot of the professional photographers have
> >got all the solutions to the problems of the world, and as soon
> >as we fire all the professionally trained military men and the
> >professional trained politicians, and put the artists in charge it will
> >all get so much better through out the world. . .
> >
> >yeah, sure . . .  real soon now . . .
> >
> >I'm going to go chat with my son and look over some more of
> >his Baghdad pictures, he's got some interesting tales to tell
> >about being there for the last year . . .  . . . .
> >
> >Those of us who've worn the uniform know what I mean . . .
> >
> >Later -
> >Norm
> >
> >
> >
> >*****************************************
> >
> >Message: 4
> >Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:35:23 -0400
> >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] The End of The "M"
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> >Message-ID: <BECCCECB.13DB%bdcolen@comcast.net>
> >Content-Type: text/plain;      charset="US-ASCII"
> >
> >Witless, no. Sucked in by the stellar WH PR machine? No. I gather you
> >haven't heard of the Pentagon report in which it was acknowledged that 
> >there
> >was at least one incident in which urine was "accidentally" gotten on a
> >Koran? Yes, 12 people died during rioting, which is very unfortunate. Now,
> >how many people have died during interrogation by U.S. authorities?
> >
> >
> >
> >Message: 12
> >Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 22:58:21 +0200
> >From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] The End of The "M"
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> >Message-ID: <42A75BED.9010103@planet.nl>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
> >
> >I think it would be WONDERFUL if Smith & Wesson disappeared at midnight,
> >along with all other gun makers.
> >
> >Nathan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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