[Leica] Desensitization

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

In 14 years on the log I gotta say I don't recall any thread going so far
over my head as this" Desensitization" one. I'm not saying its bad I'm just
saying its pretty darned philosophical all of a sudden. Its rare that I
don't "get" a Lug thread at all. This may be the only one.

Mark William Rabiner
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> From: Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:27:44 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Desensitization
> 
> I have two comments to make.  The first is that when sudden violence erupts
> almost all humans freeze for some period of time;  it happened to me when a
> traffic accident rolled a van full of college kids over my car with several
> spilling out willy-nilly.  It may have been twenty or thirty seconds before
> I thought to turn off the car, get out and render what aid I could.
> 
> The second is that for most humans on the planet this is a remarkably
> peaceful time.  George has hinted well that for most of history death was a
> very short step from anyone, most of it quick, ugly and brutal.  Also, walk
> through any older cemetery and you will see countless graves of children
> that didn't live more than a few days to a year or so.  Remember Tina
> talking about the naming of children in the highlands, multiple children
> with the same name in the hope that one would live to adulthood.
> 
> Violence now is usually a gunshot wound.  In the past people were crushed
> with boulders, had limbs whacked off, were covered in burning oils, died
> nasty deaths from smallpox and ebola.  Or consider the images from the War
> of Northern Aggression where there were stacks of limbs outside the medical
> tents.
> 
> What I am getting at is that nothing has changed, people are people and are
> capable of incredible violence and cruelty.  What is surprising is that
> most people manage to cope and recover; very few are changed horribly but
> that few can cause terrible ripples through time.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 8:16 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> In what epoch did male children not play "war?"
>> When were soldiers and warriors not revered, honored; and/or feared?
>> When did young men not yearn to join; express their power and valor;
>> or get coerced; or inducted?
>> Grim's fairy tales are violent stories.
>> Could go on and on...
>> "...if I should die before I wake
>> I pray the lord my soul to take."
>> ...scared the shit out of me for a long time.
>> 
>> a note off the iPad, George
>> 
>> On Dec 8, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> My comment on sensitivity or not toward violence may not have been
>> relevant
>>> to the train photo.  It was just the first thing I thought of, a
>>> photographer and onlookers just watching and not attempting to help this
>>> guy, as if it might be more reality TV.  I think the issue we have now,
>> that
>>> distinguishes the past, is the continual immersion at early ages, such as
>>> first-person shooter games.
>> 
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