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Subject: [Leica] Hermes Apologizes to Oprah
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu Jun 23 16:08:17 2005

Now now guys, lets not get hysterical here. Oprah clearly felt that she
was being excluded due to her color. I'm not taking sides with anyone. I
wasn't there, don't know what happened, and realize that a lot of people
rush to judgement when there is no actual basis for the perceived
offense.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
mcyclwritr@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:01 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Hermes Apologizes to Oprah


Jeffery,

Did I misinterpret your post? 

Are you playing the race card in favor of Oprah? She and her entourage
have the privleged-class gall to show up, without notice, 15 minutes
PAST closing time AND when the store is already engaged in a scheduled
event and you play race card?

I suppose Hermes management should have dropped everything, saying in
effect, "Oh, you're a celebrity. You're wealthy. We'll ruin everyone
else's night so you can be indulged. Please, oh please, let us kiss your
ample American a**" 

Of course, I suspect the whole story is an Internet sham. After all,
here's a black woman who grew up in the south and she claims this is
most humilated she's been in her entire life? I know the south of her
childhood was not the south of Beverly Hills (as they might say in
France).   

-Chris Lawson


> That's a shame in that Oprah has enough money to buy Leica several 
> times over. Racial profiling just doesn't work these days.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Thinkofcole@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:14 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Hermes Apologizes to Oprah
> 
> 
> Great PR from Hermes! Will Oprah buy a Leica... or a scarf...or a 
> necktie from Hermes?  Have a look...bob cole
>  
>  
>  
> http://tinyurl.com/76ypd
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