Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/05

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Subject: [Leica] try to do this with modern film/digital
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Dec 5 23:06:33 2006
References: <24F81C99-2F2F-4015-9F98-621BD00F8DD4@pandora.be> <9b678e0612051342v16d74213qd3f18d0318cdecf@mail.gmail.com> <12B82A01-0AA5-4579-B45D-E2611A8C3365@pandora.be> <4576003F.8090006@waltjohnson.com>

I'm Belgian, Walt :-) Not French.
We screwed Congo up.
Philippe



Op 6-dec-06, om 00:26 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven:

> Philippe
>
> I think if you start looking into your heritage you might be  
> surprised.  If I'm not mistaken the French screwed up Indochina  
> long before we got there. Something else, I feel absolutely no  
> guilt relating to what transpired generations back. Nor should you  
> because your government (before it became yours) did what had to be  
> horrible to the Viets. Hell, we should put the past behind us and  
> take care of the now. Too bad their are so many people (of all  
> racial persuasions) in this country who want to drag yesterday  
> around their necks like an anchor.
>
> Walt
>
>
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> As much as I disagree with what happened then and now, my  
>> reaction  was a pure esthetic one.
>> Must be-and to my shame-  because it's not part of my heritage,   
>> eventhough I was aware of it.
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>> Op 5-dec-06, om 22:42 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> Philippe, the sad thing is that a lot has not changed in the   
>>> Delta.  Nobody
>>> chops cotton anymore, but the poverty is still rampant.  Well,  
>>> the  shotgun
>>> shacks are mostly ruins now so I guess some progress.
>>>
>>> Don
>>> don.dory@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/5/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://arts.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1959813,00.html>
>>>>
>>>> How I love these colors.
>>>>
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
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Replies: Reply from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] try to do this with modern film/digital)
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In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] try to do this with modern film/digital)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] try to do this with modern film/digital)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] try to do this with modern film/digital)
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