Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Douglas, no, the conflict comes about when a celebrity is out in public and is incessantly approached by adoring fans. Some public love is very ego boosting but constant interruptions is a problem. A brief story, a very famous actor and now former governor of an extremely large state told me why he had multiple security guards even though he was more than capable of handling aggression. He needed people on both sides when in a public restroom so fans wouldn't turn in his direction when they noticed him and recognized him; frequently forgetting they were in mid stream so to speak. On Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 4:17 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Don, I'm a little puzzled by this. > > "Some conflict may occur when an actor or rap musician is seen but that is > all wanting to invade privacy for the chance for contact." > > What are you referring to? Do people attack each other for the chance to > be near an actor or rapper? That seems more than a bit over the top. > > Douglas > > > > > On 22/07/2019 12:22, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > That impression is indeed unfortunate. I spend a large amount of time in > > the byways of the southern states, especially the smaller towns. I have > > never seen better mixing and association(s) between people of all > > descriptions. And yes, I do spend time with some rabidly conservative > > types. I won't make this a long essay but will make two broad > statements. > > First, almost universally, Americans approve of hard work and talent: > > rubbing shoulders with the peach picker at the market causes no conflict. > > Some conflict may occur when an actor or rap musician is seen but that is > > all wanting to invade privacy for the chance for contact. The second > point > > is that there is a growing intolerance for different levels of justice. > We > > just reformed some brutal laws that disproportionately incarcerated inner > > city youth. But that also applies to acts that are illegal for some but > > not others. We are in the process of figuring out where we as a country > > want to be. As a large, very rich country with aggressive news broadcast > > worldwide everyone in the world is seeing that mostly peaceful > discussion. > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:40 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > >> Well, even those Indians used to traveling to the USA, like me, have > >> serious second thoughts about going anywhere but the big cities. The > logic, > >> is why take the chance? If 25-30% of a population are racist and > ignorant > >> enough to shout "Send Them Back", or whatever, encouraged by the > President > >> of the day, the chances of them being emboldened to attack a person > who's > >> skin colour does not match their stereotype gets higher. There are many > >> better and safer places to travel to! > >> > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:41 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at > >> frozenlight.eu> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Sadly, things look differently from the outside. Of course Brian lives > in > >>> an enclave of sorts, but looking at the country as a whole, one > certainly > >>> gets a different impression. > >>> > >>> 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 21 Jul 2019, at 23:54, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >> wrote: > >>>> Oh, dear. Does it look, when viewed from Ireland, that this > immigration > >>> paranoia is a majority view? I seriously doubt that more than 25-30% of > >> the > >>> population, if that, have such harsh feelings. It varies from place to > >>> place, of course, but in the town I live in (population 67,000) I would > >> be > >>> startled if more than 100 to 200 people share our president's ignorant > >> and > >>> disgraceful views about immigration. > >>>> > >>>> 2019-07-21 14:27, Douglas Barry wrote: > >>>>> Brian, > >>>>> Nice to see a bit of humour being applied to what appears to the > >>>>> current US majority paranoia about immigration, even though the > >>>>> paranoiacs all would seem to be a generation or less from settlers > who > >>>>> arrived in the US from some other country. > >>>>> Douglas > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >