Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/09

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Subject: [Leica] Armed *White* America ?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Aug 9 07:25:08 2007
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On Aug 9, 2007, at 7:17 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Steve,
> I, too, have the book - I think for anyone who has not lived in the  
> USA it
> would only confirm the stereotype of gun happy Americans; such normal
> looking people with such weapons!! I find this constitutional right  
> to buy
> guns at any corner extremely uncivilised and troubling, and before  
> everyone
> on the list jumps on my head, I am only expressing a personal view,  
> which I
> am entitled to. Others may have different views which I respect.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On 8/9/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2007, at 5:19 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>>
>>> This book, like most photography books, is made up entirely of the
>>> subset of "people willing to be photographed" and suffers from
>>> that, indeed.
>>
>> yes...
>>
>> the photography is wonderful, even though self selected and posed...
>>
>> I own this book, I do find it troubling,  but I think that is what
>> Kyle intended....


whatever your opinion or position is on this divisive issue...

(one of my patients, right now, is a little girl, in the ICU, with a  
devastating accidental gunshot wound to the brain)

Steve


>>
>> it is an important book, I wish Kyle success and certainly he
>> deserves it, for such a simple, original, and provocative book.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] Armed *White* America?)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Armed *White* America ?)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Armed *White* America ?)