[Leica] A Photograph and a few comments about Orlando and the Philly Gay Pride Parade

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

A poignant image, Jim. Unfortunately, with your county's gun laws, you're 
likely to have plenty of similar photo opportunities over the coming years. 
We all have our crosses to bear...

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 3:08 AM
Subject: [Leica] A Photograph and a few comments about Orlando and the 
Philly Gay Pride Parade


> 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
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> Bronica S2, Zenzanon 150/3.5, Arista EDU100 at 200
>
>
>
> Jim Shulman
>
> Wynnewood, PA
>
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