Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guys, arms are very much OT. We all know we disagree. Can we PLEASE get back to images? Peter On 19/10/2013 21:23, Douglas Barry wrote: > LZ writes > "....are full of stories of soldiers going berserk" and continues "IRA > zealots > shooting Brits" > > The last soldiers I heard going beserk were in the USA. The "IRA" are not > soldiers. They are irregulars fuelled by misinformation, not supported by > the > way vaster majority in the Republic of Ireland, funded by drug money, and > addled > and bolstered by drugs themselves. However, you'd have to live in Ireland > to > discover that. I would remind you of the First Rule of Holes.... Stop > Digging! > > Instead, take out your camera and take some shots. And if I may comment > further, > I didn't go for your pizza one as I found that black blank space in the > upper > right corner too distracting.. > > Regards > > Douglas > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <lrzeitlin at aol.com> > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Jayanand's comments about "Tea Party" > > >> Taught to shoot at ten years, and you >> consider it "normal" - even if you are just busy exterminating animals >> instead of human beings - this is just unbelievable to the vast >> majority of humans on Earth. Those "military types" are far more >> trained and responsible, as well as safer for everyone than than the >> general public with cupboards full of guns, mostly unlicensed. >> >> I know you will come back at me with some slanging comments on India, >> as you normally do, but what India is does not change the reality of >> what the USA is. Remember that. >> Jayanand >> - - - - >> Jayanand, with all due respect, you don't have a clue. I served in the >> military in two wars. In the Korean war I qualified as a tank commander >> at Ft. >> Knox and was assigned to photograph armored equipment in combat. In >> addition >> to a Signal Corps Leica IIIf I was issued a M1 carbine and a Colt 1911 >> pistol. >> I used both in actual combat. I was recalled to the Army as a company >> commander in the first stages of the Vietnam war. >> >> Your assumption that "military types" are more prudent in weapons use >> than the >> general public is unfounded. If anything, they are taught to kill. That's >> what >> a gun is for. In my state gun ownership is highly regulated. Licenses are >> required for all handguns and a rigorous firearms safety course must be >> completed. Of course illegal, unregistered weapons are available, just as >> they >> are everywhere. If you go into any city in the world, visit a seedy >> section of >> town. wave a handful of banknotes in the air, and say "I want to buy a >> gun" >> you will be offered your choice within a few minutes. Even in Chennai. >> >> Newspapers worldwide are full of stories of soldiers going berserk and >> spraying bullets into real and imaginary opponents. Shiites shooting >> Sunnis, >> Jews shooting Arabs, IRA zealots shooting Brits, and Americans shooting >> children. As for my slanging comments about India, I hardly need to >> remind you >> about the massacres that take place on almost a daily basis in that >> peaceful >> country. The death toll after the partition was greater than in our Civil >> War. >> >> These days I prefer to shoot pictures - not bullets. I also like to eat >> meat >> and drink fine whiskey. >> >> Larry Z >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > . > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig