Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/02

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Subject: [Leica] Leica love/hate
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 13:15:00 -0700
References: <CDF876D2.C934%mark@rabinergroup.com>

And by somebody who is a teacher?  Maybe it is just me, as a semi-retired 
teacher, but it was very disconcerting.

Aram

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From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:23 AM
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica love/hate

> This has nothing to do with opinions or positions.
> It has to do with vulgar invectives.
> This is not an expression of an opinion.
> It is crass abuse.
> The most vulgar way by far I was ever addressed on the lug  in 14 years 
> was
> done by Mr. Crawford just two days before. - a misogynistic tone was also
> involved.
>
> To call this a difference of opinions seems almost as bad as the thing
> itself.
> - we are plainly looking at is a pattern of way off center abuse Crawford 
> is
> getting into the habit of using.
> Its cowardly and its sick.
> Nobody talks to me like that in person that's for sure.
> And I'm aghast as seeing it happen to other people. Especially women.
> And people I've known for a good number of years.
> This is plainly no room for this  behavior in civilized discourse.
>
>
>
>
> On 7/2/13 11:18 AM, "Montie Talbert" <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> Montie
>>
>>> Chris has every right to express his opinion and to relate his 
>>> experiences.
>>> When he expresses his opinion rudely and with insults he has crossed the 
>>> line
>>> IMHO.
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: lrzeitlin at aol.com
>>>> Sent: Jul 2, 2013 7:36 AM
>>>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>>>> Subject: [Leica] Leica love/hate
>>>>
>>>> Chris,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stand your ground. You don't have anything to apologize for. Tell it 
>>>> like it
>>>> ?is.
>>>> Larry Z
>>>> - - -?
>>>> You're letting your emotional attachment to a brand get the best of
>>>> reason. That is not smart. Leica doesn't give a damn about you; they're 
>>>> a
>>>> business, not a church. Being so emotionally invested in your gear just
>>>> gives them justification to continue charging astronomical prices. 
>>>> You're
>>>> a marketer's wet dream.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --?
>>>> Chris Crawford
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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>>
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>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
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>
>
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