Re: Off-Topic, New Orleans Images

Oh, come on, it was a harmless remark. I don't watch the late night
shows, so can only imagine the cutting jokes made after the Cheney
shooting. Did any of these objecting people stop watching Jay Leno or
David Letterman because of these jokes? The event was a national joke
for a couple of weeks. It was a funny event, and the reason was because
of the kernal of truth in Cheney's clumsiness, the victim's taking on
the blame for the event, and the way all the administration's friends
closed ranks. It's as if the devil shot off his own foot and hopped
around in circles acusing everyone else of shooting him.

Pam

Katharine Thayer wrote:

> Sorry about that empty message; I'm not sure how I did that. But I
> did mean to say something about this, and here it is below:
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Sandy King wrote:
>
>> Because in the end what is going on in New Orleans, the Gulf Coast
>> and Iraq is a lot more important than alt photography.
>
>
> But no matter how important it is, it is NOT alt photography. Tom is
> right; this list is for alt photographers regardless of their
> political persuasiion or country of origin, and it is disruptive to
> the list and disrespectful to individuals of different political
> viewpoints or extra-American geography to carry on discussions of US
> politics here. Imagine how baffled US participants would be if David
> and Loris suddenly started having an argument about Turkish politics
> on this public list. See, it's hard to imagine them doing this, which
> is my point.
>
> But on reflection, perhaps Liam is right; I might find a discussion
> of Turkish politics interesting. But not US politics, because
> feelings on all sides are so intense that I don't think it's a good
> idea to air them here.
> Katharine
>
Received on Sat Apr 29 18:46:43 2006