Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Za-zing. (Sound those two Wilkinson swords made on crossing, in the old TV > ads...) > > Clear and bracingly correct and beautifully expressed. Thank you > > Vince P. > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:39 PM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> greetings! >> >> am posting this link for LUGers, including our resident celebrity ted >> grant >> >> >> http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/news/lifestyle/x154264562/Polumbaum-collec >> tion-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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Me too! [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner