Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The way this whole thread was hijacked reminds me of the Monty Python?s sketch WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS BROUGHT US? Alan?s answer sets the biases right (for the US) I think. The UK might think of the NHS, France of the 1st paid holidays ever, Spain, of democracy alla Gonzales, Etc. And yet, someone will invariably stick to the question; WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS BROUGHT US? ;-) Amities Philippe, back to ground level, and who doesn?t care a damn about technological advances, what some call progress, so long as they're geared towards supremacy, and NOT towards better understanding between people. I have Tina?s shots in Pakistan in mind as I?m typing this. Beautiful souls, very little means. > Le 24 juil. 2019 ? 04:02, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> a > ?crit : > > Tue, 23 Jul 2019 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > >> There was no insult intended. The fact really is that Americans do not > understand what Socialism is, and how it kills initiative. That is why they > flock >behind charlatans like Bernie Sanders, because getting something for > nothing is inherently attractive to most people. You know about it in > theory, after >reading deeply about it, I know about it in practice, I have > lived this every day of my life. > >> Cheers >> Jayanand > =================================================================================================================== > I think what Bernie Sanders represents is Democratic Socialism, as > practiced in my town, Milwaukee, in the last century. We had socialist > mayors and > council members for 40 years. They were known as "sewer socialists" for > the emphasis on infrastructure for the public good. Their administrations > ended corruption, backed public health and recreation initiatives, expanded > affordable housing and parks, created budget surpluses, and was labeled > "The best governed city in America" by (I believe) TIME magazine. > -- > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information