My post was overly provocative (hoof in mouth) and should have been posed as
a more gentle question. I didn't notice until later that I had forgotten to
comment on the photos which were excellent. I especially liked the "smoke
ring" shot. My interest in what motivates people to do things is more than
casual. I do some failure analysis consulting and motivation of people to
behave in certain ways is frequently a factor. Sometimes thinking about this
gets me in trouble. Motivation gets discussed a lot on the List. We have
wondered about why people do what they do on EvilBay. We have talked about
why Olympus has done, or not done, things to promote their products better.
We talk about why people choose certain gear or certain films for different
projects. We talk about why people are motivated to shoot certain subjects
in certain ways. These are usually healthy and informative discussions
with room for lots of different viewpoints. Unfortunately we occasionally
say something that hits a nerve and creates counterproductive conflict. I'll
try to not be the cause of that. /jim
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:07 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Walt Wayman is a $%&#@*
I apologize to the list at large, and to James McBride in
particular, for my somewhat intemperate response on yesterday to
James' rant regarding the Shiloh battle reenactment. I especially
regret the use of the "head up the ass" terminology, and I can't
imagine a worse insult than implying someone is politically
correct when they in fact are not. I hope I am never so maligned.
In my defense, I felt it inappropriate to ignore the photographs
and the effort involved in posting them for all to see and,
instead, to belittle the event on the grounds that those who would
participate must have a screw loose, implying thereby, at least to
me, that anyone who might bother to photograph such stupidity must
be himself suspect. I regularly see photographs taken by list
members of events I wouldn't look out my window to see if they
were occurring in my front yard, much less waste film on, but
that's not something I would go on a rant about.
Anyway, I think I'll just be quiet for a while, maybe even drop
back to digest mode where there'll be less temptation to pop off.
Keeping up with the daily deluge of e-mail is getting to be a bit
of a chore and takes up time that may be better spent in other
ways. I agree with Gary R. that the signal to noise ratio is
getting out of kilter, so my contribution to both is about to be
minimized.
A slightly contrite, but unbowed, Walt Wayman
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