Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]greetings! am posting this link for LUGers, including our resident celebrity ted grant http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/news/lifestyle/x154264562/Polumbaum-collection-featured-at-Newseum ted polumbaum to me represents what a photojournalist should be a true professional, a good citizen and a great human being he suffered greatly for his principles, was blacklisted as a journalist and never became a celebrity photographer he was working at the time for UPI, which never supported his constitutional rights and now belongs to the moonies i had the privilege of having him as my patient 10 years ago he was a man of absolute integrity and remains an inspiration to me everyday the vermont case is a clear point of law one should not face a legal ban without a judicial decision and bypassing the right to answer charges against you what has happened to that man is an administrative ban just like what used to be common in apartheid south africa aptitude, attitude and personal likability are all irrelevant under the law in this country when i got pulled off a plane and faced arrest for taking photographs it had nothing to do with aptitude, attitude or likability i even was using a small silent Leica it was because i was brown, unlike our resident celebrity ted grant thankfully under the law, that was deemed irrelevant too which is why i'm still flying and clicking on planes with the exception of some like rabiner, most of the comments in this thread remind me of what people said when the nazis first started their attacks sooner or later it will also affect you again, this is a clear point of law, which applies equally to the celebrity photographer, the protective parent and the inept fool one more thing about ted polumbaum he was ever the epitome of humility unlike celebrity photographers, he never yelled in person or in print when one thinks of ted polumbaum, hubris never comes to mind yours sincerely, bharani padmanabhan md phd boston