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<blockquote data-quote="Retro" data-source="post: 483556" data-attributes="member: 37517">[USER=24285]@Fortkentdad[/USER], you and I would disagree on a lot of things, but for some reason I find this refreshing, and I didn't find that on FB. I guess it's because on FB, my contact with another person - say a Pentecostal pastor who is opposed to drinking alcohol - my connection with them had no context, so my view of them was as through a paper towel tube and we 'got into it' (I saved the whole debate). Since there was no positive context, like photography, there was no friendship or camaraderie.Here, the context is photography. That's a bit like a disagreement with a brother where the context is a blood relationship. I'm not going to hold a grudge here against another Nikonite because he/she supports the 'climate change' agenda. I'm also not going to send that person a link to the Cornwall Alliance, or a Youtube video that debunks global warming. We're here for photography. I wasn't on FB for anything buy my own interests, which are pretty broad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retro, post: 483556, member: 37517"] [USER=24285]@Fortkentdad[/USER], you and I would disagree on a lot of things, but for some reason I find this refreshing, and I didn't find that on FB. I guess it's because on FB, my contact with another person - say a Pentecostal pastor who is opposed to drinking alcohol - my connection with them had no context, so my view of them was as through a paper towel tube and we 'got into it' (I saved the whole debate). Since there was no positive context, like photography, there was no friendship or camaraderie. Here, the context is photography. That's a bit like a disagreement with a brother where the context is a blood relationship. I'm not going to hold a grudge here against another Nikonite because he/she supports the 'climate change' agenda. I'm also not going to send that person a link to the Cornwall Alliance, or a Youtube video that debunks global warming. We're here for photography. I wasn't on FB for anything buy my own interests, which are pretty broad. [/QUOTE]

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