Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/08

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Subject: [Leica] Amsterdam Pride 2006
From: h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)
Date: Tue Aug 8 06:43:35 2006

What Jim is refering to here is a comment I made,
off-list and to several people, to the effect that
popcorn-eating guy was a very rare critter, a
flambouyantly gay southern redneck. This was based
solely on my having stood next to him in line for 5-10
minutes, and I could be wrong.

That said, Southerners, by and large, have a fairly
high tolerance for individul eccentricity. That's what
makes it such a colorful place, and something I would
like to show in my work. But that's when taken in
small and managable doses. On encountering something
on the scale of weirdness of an anti-gun rally, an
ACLU convention, or a gay-pride parade, another social
instinct would likely kick-in, that is 'don't go where
you aren't welcome', and most folks would simply
choose to ignore it. We would call that 'manners'.

Of course there are always a-ho's who won't pass up on
a chance to make themselves obnoxious, but the South
has no monopoly there. I'm willing to bet even in
Holland there were a few 'counter-protesters'.

Arche

--- Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> wrote:

> Perhaps not the same kind of fireworks you'd
> expect--
> Remember how he ate that popcorn!
> 
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
>
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org]
> On Behalf Of Bill
> Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:54 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Amsterdam Pride 2006
> 
> I was just wondering what kind of fireworks would
> occur if Mr. Arche's
> Nashville rednecks came into contact (?) w/ Mr.
> Wajsman's gay pride parade?
> Jesus!!!!!
> 
> Joseph Low <joelct@singnet.com.sg> wrote:  Time
> management!
> 
> Joseph / Singapore
> 
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Amsterdam Pride 2006)
Reply from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Amsterdam Pride 2006)
In reply to: Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Amsterdam Pride 2006)