Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]More on that topic :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoEGTc0XybQ Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 4:21 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >