Yet Another Reason I Prefer RFF

The thread is interesting and the discussion is reasonably civil. Could have been much worse.
 
I'm actually impressed with how long that thread took to go bad... well, very bad, anyway.

As a relative newbie to RFF, I love the much friendlier community round here than over at pn. It's great!
 
By PN standards, at least in the Leica forum, that is a civilized thread. Of course what got completely lost was the fact that Andrew took some very good photographs and weaved them into an interesting story. An excellent example of documentary photography. Way to go Solinar!! :)

On a side note, I posted about this years photo Pulitzer prize in documentary which is really worth seeing. For some reason the thread never appeared in the active list. Anyway, view the post and click on the "Feature photography" link. Great work by Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San Francisco Chronicle.

 
There are a lot of heated discussions and rants about why one camera is so much better than any other camera ever made on PN, but there are some good forums. I stick to the Black and White related forums most of the time because there is a lot of useful information regarding developing and printing techniques or problems. Having said that, I still feel that RFF is one of the best photo forums going.

The images posted in the PN thread are very good and it was disappointing to see that many of the comments had nothing to do with them. As stated above, it could have been much worse, but it could also have been much better. The classic camera forum still has its up times but any forum on PN will get its share of hecklers and hacks from time to time. That never seems to happen here. Now, if you will excuse me, I need to make a donation to this site...

- Randy
 
Unless that thread has been "edited," I don't see what's the big deal. So some folks spouted off some political opinions. The picture(s) have political content & could be expected to provoke such opinions & comments.
 
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I got uncomfortable about that Photo.net as soon as political views were expressed very early on. The subject is photography, supposedly, so politics is OT. I'd prefer NOT to know the politics of those with whom I share an interest in photography. One of the nice things about RFF I think is that extraneous emotionally-laden issues are kept out of the discussions. Our photographs can speak for us...

If you attend a Democrat fund raiser, you can expect to hear certain liberal views predominate. And quite different views at a Republican event. Not surprising, and not offensive even if you have opposing views. But I don't like it when engaged in non-political activities if someone makes an obviously political-partisan comment... especially if presented as the only rational view!
 
Doug, a long time ago, I think Richard started a kind of "political" thread... Revealing, indeed, and very controlled, in which all participants demonstrated a most exemplary level of restraint. I believe it was right before the presidential elections.

As a result of that thread, yours-truly, who takes pride in being a middle of the road, came to learn that people whose political view is very different from his, are, indeed, wonderful, fine human beings, and not the kind of people political propaganda and discourse paint.

Needless to say, I have learned—again—that our differences actually enrich us more than the things we share.

Where else can anyone infer that kind of idea? Nowhere but in this forum.

That's why it's addictive... :)
 
i fear the political 'debate' often found on non poloitical forums also.

i love political debate and am a news hound for it, watching as many of the 'talking heads' as i can, from all sides.

but i too prefer to talk about things photographic here at the rff.

joe
 
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i fear the political 'debate' often found on non poloitical forums also.

i love political debate and am a news hound for it, watching as many of the 'talking heads' as i can, from all sides.

but i too prefer to talk about things photographic here at the rff.

joe
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I'm perfectly happy to leave my political opinions at the door here, but I am also not so naive as to think that politics and art can be separated.

The reading I did for my Italian trip of Renaissance history had plenty of hair-raising tales about the intersection of politics and the art of someone like Michelangelo. He was tormented by political swings for almost his entire life. Somehow he managed to get his work done.

And this was also in a time in which being on the wrong side could end you up banished at best, and torn apart by red-hot pincers at worst.

We still have it pretty easy.
 
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