Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Razor blades? That's terrible, Barney. How on earth did they access the car? What did the police say? I hope they tested the blades for DNA and that the culprit is found. Mind yourself. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Quinn" <bjq1 at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:20 AM Subject: [Leica] A Tale of two flags > > Someone scattered some single edge razor blades on the drivers seat of my > car overnight. I noticed them before I got in the car. Thank God. I want > to tell you what I saw and felt. To my eye the scene was very much > dominated by the so called confederate flag. To me it symbolizes so much I > do not want this Nation to be about. It feels to me as if these negative > and hateful things are close to overwhelming us. A boat docked several > spots ahead of Net?s Pride is flying an American flag which is flapping > proudly in the breeze. To me Old Glory symbolizes what I think our Nation > should be about. Fairness, Justice, Tolerance. Just as the American Flag > in this picture is small, and isn?t so easy to see it feels to me as if > these very worthwhile and necessary goals are now only a glimpse of > something distant and far off swamped and overwhelmed by what is going on > this election year. That is what I felt. It is what I saw. It is why I > took and posted the picture. > > Thanks for the razor blades. I have been warned. Let me return the favor. > For those of you who think that the system doesn?t work, that you have > been passed, and that this justifies your anger and tactics because the > system needs to be shaken or and taken down. You may not think that you > have much to loose. But you do. Far more that you realize and you may well > not know how much until it is gone. Beware. The fire that you seem so > anxious to start can just as easily consume you as it burns everyone else. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Net_s+Pride.jpg.html > > I apologize for the rant, but it was very important to me to say this. > > Thanks, > > Barny > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information