Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A good series documenting a sad event Lluis - well done. I have snt you a private email. Gerry Gerry Walden 023 8046 3076 0797 287 7932 > On 12 Nov 2017, at 23:14, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Thanks Lluis for your excellent photos which give a flavour of the > pro-Catalan independence fervour in Spain, and also for helping me to > learn a bit of Catalan - very much a mix of Spanish and French, so I can > almost understand it - probably a bit better than Mr. Rajoy and the EU :-) > I like the slogan "I am from a country where fear is called sanity" and > being Irish, we all love a good slogan. > > Sadly, slogans are not very effective, but action is. The only trouble > with action is it can lead to trouble and lost lives, and those lost lives > can be young people we care for deeply who get caught up in actions led by > power seeking uncaring hotheads who make a shield for their own balls from > easily manipulated youth. > > A war-less, border-less Europe living through seventy years of peace > probably doesn't need problems in Spain. In fact, they certainly don't. > Sure, haven't we enough problems with delusional Britannia trying to waive > the rules, living on fading memories, and trying restart the British > Empire? It's bad timing and poor politicking by both the Catalan and > Spanish to pick a time to split and to muscularly respond, and it seems > almost disregarded by its politicians the obvious fact that if Catalunya > leaves Spain, it leaves the EU. It seems to be poor judgement by > Puigdemont. If you're going to start a fight, always make sure you've got > the higher ground. > > Anyway, Lluis, keep sending the pictures. > > Douglas > > > On 12/11/2017 21:33, Lluis Ripoll wrote: >> On my Blog, all the images with Leica Monochrom and Summicron Collapsible >> >> <https://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/manifestacio-llibertat-presos-politics-demonstration-freedom-political-prisoners-barcelona-nov-11th-2017/> >> >> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >> >> Saludos cordiales >> Lluis >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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