Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Owens_Thompson -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:00:28 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Searching? > > I fear the USA has a very protected education system. Americans only get to > know much about the outside world if they are interested and search out the > information themselves. Neither the education system nor the media go much > on > what is outside the borders of their country. Which is fair enough and a > valid > choice. > It does seem strange to non-US people when they read some stuff written by > Americans and the assumptions therein. That migrant mother may be poor by > modern or even contemporary US standards, but in world terms she was > probably > one of the top 5% in wealth terms. Assuming that it tells all is a > peculiarly > American viewpoint. > Frank Dernie > > On 29 Aug, 2010, at 01:11, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> I think she looks like a millionairess. I was about to hit her up for some >> money. I heard they air brushed out the hundred dollar bills hanging out >> of >> her pockets. >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> >> >>> From: Bharani Padmanabhan <scleroplex at gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:53:33 -0400 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: [Leica] Searching? >>> >>> i agree with jayanand. >>> "migrant mother" would not mean any of the things written about it in >>> and of >>> itself to about 5 billion people on this planet. >>> bharani >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information