Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That?s the spirit, Jim! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 13 Jun 2016, at 04:08, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > > Today I did about the only thing I could do in light of Orlando: dusted off > my culottes, packed a dozen rolls of film along with my Bronica S2, and > marched in the Philly Gay Pride Parade?exactly as I?ve done every year > since '79 (my feet ached less then, though I was also several stone > lighter.) The purpose of terrorism is to get people to panic and hide, > which I refuse to do (Including when I walked around Boston the day of the > dragnet/shutdown.) After a Facebook friend put out one of those fatuous > "be alert and be safe" notes (of course, from some aerie far from the > streets), I said that fearing attack the day after Orlando is like one of > those irrational snowstorm warnings that come immediately AFTER every major > snowstorm. The best place to be is out on the street?and ironically, after > a mass shooting one of the safest, since the streets were packed with > police, and I?m sure no shortage of plainclothes FBI personnel. I?ve lived > long enough to remember the Upstairs Lounge arson attack in ?73, Dan > White?s rampage in ?78, and God knows how many shootings, stabbings, and > other horrors since. Still here, still marching?next in NYC, Baltimore, > and many other spots where fine homosexuals are served. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/Philly+Pride+Parade+06+12+16+sm.jpg.html > > > > Bronica S2, Zenzanon 150/3.5, Arista EDU100 at 200 > > > > Jim Shulman > > Wynnewood, PA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information