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Subject: [Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8?
From: liangjiyang at gmail.com (Kay Yang)
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:15:22 -0700
References: <CALCsb0HEhEc6X-G1f4xJC3R077pXYw4L3_D8dRp+YMSxh+UxFw@mail.gmail.com> <CBA7E8A0.11FC6%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <CAH1UNJ2LG4wXZbVwVzjovbvyYG_jz_701Ez-KR_KM+vGKW8cvg@mail.gmail.com>

Absolutely agree. Unless the US starts a war to invade the rest of the
world, the economic domination this country has have had over the last few
decades is over.

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Chris,
> It is time YOU understood that you cannot rape and pillage the worlds
> finite resources to maintain YOUR standard of living at the cost of 95% of
> the world's population. That era is over, and the sooner you adjust to it,
> the easier it will be for you. There are enough people in the world today
> who are perfectly satisfied with a lower standard of living than what you
> evidently deem to be your right, and who will work very, very hard to
> achieve that goal, and sneering and jeering at them will get you nowhere.
>
> If we are to continue this debate, maybe we should take it to the Forum.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Chris Crawford <
> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>
> > People won't take the jobs because they pay starvation wages. I don't
> > blame them, I won't work for that little either. When people willingly
> > accept shit jobs, they cause immense damage to the entire economy of the
> > nation by encouraging employers to pay less and less. Its a myth anyway
> > that fruit goes unpicked for lack of white workers. They get poor
> Mexicans
> > to do it, and as a Hispano-American (part of my family came from Spain),
> I
> > find it offensive that my fellow Hispanics are ruthlessly exploited so
> > that middle class Americans can pay a few dollars less for fruit.
> >
> > People with your attitude need to study history. Remember what happened
> in
> > Russia in 1917 or in China in 1949, or Cuba in 1959? The poor got tired
> of
> > being spit on, and decided to cut some throats. I never thought I'd see
> > the United States become the kind of place where that could happen, but
> > with our ruling class now determined to reduce the population to third
> > world poverty, and plenty of people like you cheering it on, I suspect
> > that in my lifetime I'm going to see that kind of violence in my country,
> > and I'm not happy about it. YOU are the problem, and I agree with
> Richard,
> > it sickens me to see this attitude. I fear for the future my son will
> > inherit. The present is bad enough for many people.
> >
> > --
> > Chris Crawford (in my last semester as a grad student in History at
> > Indiana University)
> > Fine Art Photography
> > Fort Wayne, Indiana
> > 260-437-8990
> >
> > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
> >
> > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
> > Become a fan on Facebook
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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In reply to: Message from liangjiyang at gmail.com (Kay Yang) ([Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8?)
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Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8?)