Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: >The ambivalence is not about our riches today but the historical background for the holiday. What we are celebrating is a Disneyfied version of the story of the arrival of the >European settlers in North America. The reality is genocide committed on Native Americans. It is for the same reason that I have a deep distaste for Spain?s national day, D?a de la >Hispanidad on 12 October, what is known as Columbus Day in the US (this distaste is shared by many of my Spanish friends, BTW). >Cheers, >Nathan ========================================================================================================================================= There is baggage that goes with all holidays, so Kat & I don't observe any of them. -- 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 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <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