On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Norman Baugher wrote:
> One of the unfortunate realities of life, is that sometimes it's not fair.
> Learn to live with it.
> Norm
Fine. I propose that we introduce "Snow" and "Prairie" themes. Hell,
let's go all the way and have a "Canadian landscape" theme. After all,
life isn't fair, right? Like I said, I don't care either way. There was
a big stink raised on the list earlier over some non-inclusive themes, so
I'm playing the Devil's Advocate and pointing out (as someone already did
earlier) that these particular themes are exculsionary, where the others
are not. There are only two questions to think about here.
(1) Are PUG themes supposed to be inclusive or not? That is, provided
that someone has the interest and ability to submit an entry, should the
themes themselves be such that anyone can submit, or is it okay to have
themes like "Landscapes in Canada" and "Short telephoto (pictures made
with lenses in the 70mm to 150mm range)" that would seem to prevent some
people from submitting?
And (2) if the PUG is supposed to be inclusive, then are wide angle and
telephoto themes exclusionary or not? I'm not saying that they are or are
not. I'm just suggesting the possibility that they are and am waiting to
see how people feel about it. So far no one has put forth any arguments,
intelligent or not, to say that they are not exclusionary. All I've seen
so far are posts saying that life is exclusionary and unfair and that we
should shut up and accept it. If you feel like that, then you obviously
don't feel that the regular PUG *themes* are supposed to be inclusive.
Fine. Personally, it doesn't matter to me if the PUG is inclusive or not.
It's not like I've been submitting photos for the past 10 years to it.
:) But if it's not going to be inclusive, I want some snow themes,
dang it. *L*
P.S. If anyone has any reasons why the lens-specific themes are not
exclusionary, I'd love to hear it. But please, no more "life is
unfair" responses that don't address the issue.
chris
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