[Leica] PESO: Do not

[bjq1 at mac.com (bjq1 at mac.com)]

I want to tell you about my Uncle Barney. Actually my Great Uncle Barney. I 
am proud to be named after him. He was an Army Chaplain during World War I. 
Rather than live in relative comfort behind the lines he insisted in being 
in the trenches with his men. He was gassed twice by the Germans. He was 
told as a result that he would probably develop and die from cancer, He did.

He founded the first church for Black Catholics in the United States. In 
Brooklyn. He also founded an orphanage for Black Children in Wading River, 
NY. It was burned down twice by the KKK. I still remember the stories my Dad 
and my Uncles told me about helping Uncle Barney rebuild his orphanage. He 
is in the process of being made a Saint in the roman Catholic Church.

Yes, free speech gets ugly. But, there are two free speech issues here. One 
is the right of the owner of the car to put such a sticker on their car and 
the second is your right to post a picture of in on the internet. I support 
both. But, I also want to tell you that I found your picture profoundly 
offensive. Posting it may be a legitimate exercise of your rights to free 
speech, but I can tell you from my own experience that ti is also playing 
with fire. Ugly can be fanned into very real flames all too easily?.

Barney
 

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On Oct 16, 2012, at 02:36 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> 
wrote:

> Unfortunately, free speech can be often really vile and ugly. Evidently
> this fellow (or lady) feels confident enough to append the message to a
> car worth several thousand dollars. In Philadelphia, the car wouldn't
> last three blocks.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> philippe.amard
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:57 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: Do not
>
> Would end up in court over here - and rightly so.
>
> Outrageous!
>
> Ph
>
>
> Le 16 oct. 12 ? 16:57, Jim Shulman a ?crit :
>
> > Probably a lot more pervasive than we'd like to believe. You have to
> > go to the hinterlands in order to find someone who is comfortable
> > pasting this on their car bumper.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jim
> >
> > Off this weekend to photograph more ephemeral political message signs
> > and other displays.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On
> > Behalf Of Chuck DeSantis
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:49 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: Do not
> >
> > Truly despicable!
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > And yes, it takes something as vile as that to get me out of lurk
> > mode.
> >
> >
> > On 10/16/12 8:47 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> >> That is the worst bumper sticker I have ever seen!
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Jim Shulman
> > <jshulman at judgecrater.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/do+not+sm.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Leica M3, 28/3.5 CV, Neopan 100
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jim Shulman
> >>>
> >>> Wynnewood, PA
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