Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 23, 2005, at 12:28 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I agree that this is the strongest of the images posted by Neil. > > As far as the low number of visitors, I am not that surprised. After > all, the Vietnam war ended 30 years ago, and while 50,000 dead > soldiers is 50,000 too many, the number needs to be kept in > perspective. The US had a population of around 250 million in 1975, > and during the decade the war lasted, I am pretty sure that a greater > number were killed in traffic accidents or murdered. Given all this, I > would expect the movable wall to be of interest mainly to people who > were themselves affected by the war. > > I am equally not surprised that Sonny saw more visitors--I would > expect that there are more Vietnam veterans in the South, and the > whole veteran/patriotism thing is much more a part of life there than > in other parts of the country. > > Nathan > > GeeBee wrote: Thanks for looking Nathan and understanding exactly what was going on behind the scenes in attendance. The moving wall has always drawn more visitors throughout the South & Mid-west than other more liberal areas of the country. Neil "Predicting the future is mostly a matter of managing not to blink as you witness the present" -- William Gibson