Glenn wrote: >> 1) being in Canada, and having not really travelled all that far since >Sept >> 11, I've noted up here no real change to my ability to move, take photos, >> and move on. I've taken shots of some high profile buildings in downtown >> Toronto and have never heard a "Excuse me sir" from the local gendarmes.
>And I've got a London friend (used to be in Toronto) trying to >get me to move there for the health care system, as well. And >y'all have enough of a Celtic music scene to keep me busy... >(Don't wanna move; wanna fix MY country so that it stops scaring >me. But I guess there's a backup plan...) Agreed - I mean in reality we would want a change to where you are NOW. You shouldn't have to move to invoke a change - the U.S. is still a democratic society for the most part - enough people should be able to create the change required. >> I'm not saying that it isn't perfectly understandable but at the same >> time, there has to be a limit to the general "fear" that is gripping those >> in power in the U.S. >"Has to be" in the sense of a limit like in physics, or in the >sense of "someone had better limit this before it makes more of >a mess"? The latter I'll agree with; the former I wish I could. Yep.. the latter - I'm not an Anti-gun lobbyist, nor am I a gun-toting NRA supporter, but if you want a better pov on the "fear" matter, go see Michael Moore's "Bowling For Columbine" - he was pretty succinct in explaining what he feels is part of the problem. >> 2) to try to keep this on topic - what Pentax were you using when this >> occured ? :-) >Ah, it was a K2, black, with a third-party 24/2.8 lens and a cheap >tripod (the tripod that lives in the trunk of my car). Fuji Superia >X-tra 800 film. >I really like that K2. Mm..K2 - I had considered that camera when I was looking at the K1000 - You'd think that if you had the tripod out and the camera etc that would lend itself to credibility - last time I checked most of the James Bond/Mission Impossible spy types never use a tripod ;-) >> 3) I wonder how many other Pentax folk write in Live Journal (I know I >> do.. ) >Should we start a new thread to ask, in case a lot of folks >properly tuned out as soon as we went political? >What's your LJ userid? >(Hey, if we make a LiveJournal community for PDML folks, reading >the "friends of" page for that community will show the recent >posts from all community members, making it easier (if enough of >us are interested) to keep up with each others' journals in one >place.) All sound like good ideas - true_nexus is my LJ id - mostly just rantings and ravings and general stuff - the idea of a PDML for LJ would be good. Especially being able to go back further and check on discussions/links. Cheers, Dave -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
