Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed, not collected
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:14:33 +0200
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Hi Pasvoorn,

First of all, the picture is Geoff's, not mine.

Secondly, I am not saying that Leica should not have supplied the  
Nazis with cameras--they had no other option anyway. But I do object  
to someone TODAY desiring a Leica with an engraved swastika.

Nathan

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On Jun 30, 2009, at 5:02 PM, Pasvorn Boonmark wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
>
> I usually agree with your view, but I disagree with you on this one.
>
> These objects, and the photographs - in this case Leica cameras- when
> use correctly, serve to remind us of how horrid human can be.
>
> The case an point is the picture that you show.
>
> -Pasvorn
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Nathan  
> Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>> Yes, but the people collecting them now know who the owners were  
>> and what
>> they did when not snapping pictures.
>> They belong in the landfill (the cameras, not the people).
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
>
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed, not collected)
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