Re: [OT] Re: moral dilemma

This is starting to sound like the arguments I hear in the backroom of the
post office! Please: don't nobody go postal!

--shannon

>

> Such language! Sorry to upset you Dave. So unlike the smirking cynic we know
> and love to lose his cool over something so meaningless as aesthetic and
> socio-economic discussions as it relates to art and life... Oh, but, so
sorry,
> Alt-photography should just about technique, formulae, and prickly discourse
> that you can handle, shouldn't it Dave! Yes, that would be a nice, safe,
world
> for you and many others who are waiting to weigh in among the GOP, I'm sure.
> Sorry to burst your proverbial bubbles, but some of us have a broader view of
> things. Deal with it and try not to fuss, children. The grownups are
talking.
>
> We're also about to take back the country, if you haven't noticed.
>
> Jon
>
>
> Dave Rose wrote:
>
>> Please spare us the disingenuous pretentious bullshit about "seeking truth".
>> What does your posting have to do with alternative photography? Absolutely
>> nothing.
>>
>> Dave in Wyoming
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jon Lybrook" <jon@terabear.com>
>> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 4:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OT] Re: moral dilemma
>>
>>
>>
>>>I was quite pleased to read a comprehensive account of an instance where
>>
>> the
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>>>"Big Box" discount stores show their true colors. I often here I
>>
>> shouldn't shop
>>
>>>there for they put small shops out of business (including the local camera
>>>shops), but I rarely hear a first hand account of why. I do like to buy my
>>>supplies from companies that value their employees as much as their bottom
>>
>> line
>>
>>>even if I have to release my pinch on a couple extra pennies to do so.
>>>
>>>Averting one's eyes to exploitation involved in acquiring one's resources
>>
>> avoids
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>>>truth. It deviates from seeking the truth, which is one of the core
>>
>> virtues of
>>
>>>art. Revealing injustice is one of the key things that art helps do.
>>
>> Open our
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>>>minds in a way that words can not. It moves the culture forward, creating
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>> hope
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>>>for a better place for everyone...not just the wealthy, the Bushites and
>>
>> their
>>
>>>short-sighted ilk.
>>>
>>>Sadly for some, it's all about making pitchers of purty barren landscapes
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>> (or
>>
>>>dumping garbage where ever you want, or driving SUV's, or cheating on your
>>
>> wife
>>
>>>-- pick your excess) at the expense of others: The health of the land,
>>
>> the
>>
>>>water, and the people of this planet (including themselves and their
>>
>> children if
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>>>they were not so blind as to ignore the simple fact).
>>>
>>>They say hey, pinko, you don't live near the sausage mill, why should you
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>> care
>>
>>>how they're made?! Pass the platter this a-way! More for me! I do believe
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>> some
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>>>out here will have a third helping to satisfy their bellies first, without
>>
>> ever
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>>>having a second thought to the real ingredients in the stuff their eating.
>>>
>>>Jon
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Received on Mon Jan 26 07:45:56 2004