[Leica] Re: Assault on science and reason

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Jul 11, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

>
> On Jul 11, 2007, at 7:04 PM, George wrote:
>
>> I believe that this discussion can and should transform into a
>> discussion of how we can use our Leicas (and other cameras) to
>> document the issue on the table. Kyle has pointed the way toward
>> thinking about, and I assume talking about, subject matter which
>> pretty quickly turned into images and a book of some significance.
>>
>> Which subjects would currently lend themselves to visually
>> documenting this assault on science and reason?
>
> I don't know about reason, but it is not an assault on science, per  
> se. Scientists are free to pursue any type of research, even stem  
> cells. It's just that they cannot expect to receive any government  
> funding. Science is international. There are very few prohibited  
> areas. If an American research journal won't publish an article for  
> fear of offending its medical and industrial advertisers, there are  
> plenty of foreign journals that will do so.
>
> What our reactionary government controls is the public flow of  
> scientifically relevant information. Deny the facts of global  
> warming so we won't offend the oil companies. Ignore the plight of  
> admittedly illegal immigrants because the housing, farming, and  
> food service industries need their labor to keep wages low. Rant  
> and rave against public funded health care because of the pressure  
> exerted by HMOs and big pharma. Don't show pictures of wounded  
> soldiers being treated in shoddy hospitals because that would bring  
> home the personal cost of the war. We can fight back by using our  
> Leicas to document abuses, misinformation, and outright lies. The  
> internet has wrested control of information from the government and  
> its lackey publishers. You Tube, blogs, and advocacy sites make it  
> possible to get your pictures and videos seen by a wide audience.  
> More young people get their news from the web and from Jon  
> Stewart's "Daily Show" than from newspapers and network news  
> combined. Hundreds of dedicated photographers can saturate the web  
> with the right kind of pictures. It is only 14 months until the  
> next election. Get out there and shoot pictures. Use your Leicas  
> for the good of humanity. The bad guys don't have Leicas. They use  
> Instamatics.


bravo larry... you go man....Steve


>
> Larry Z
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