Tom dinning
Registrant*
Tom and Theodoros,
I don't believe your interests and values are as different as they seem. One can have bread or pasta and think it makes a difference. The truth is that one is baked and the other is boiled, but all essentially from the same ingredients and prepared with the same devotion.
@ Theodoros, Tom could just as easily debate technical differences on a host of cameras he's used or wished for. His language, (spanning from erudite to obscene), always carries force of being "right"! He makes up for that with some exceptional pictures.
@ Tom,
Theodoros' early B&W pictures would be at home in your collections. He could have taught your students over the years, and, (as long he obeyed the local social laws), might have been your equal in effectiveness. Just that, instead, he got hooked Greek weddings and by the Archbishop's need for giant replicas of ancient planks, painted with saintly figures, all icons of the Church. This gig wouldn't have worked for you as you are led by your whims, the barber and the man in the bicycle store, and would likely as not, would have told the said Bishop to **gger off!
Asher
More likely to have told the bride to **** off, Asher. I've been to a Greek wedding. My sister's. I would prefer to be a crash dummy for Ford than go to another one, especially with the intentions of photographing it.
You don't need to act as a mediator either. Theo and I can stand at arms length and discuss any matter without actually drawing blood. He's even getting used to my sarcasm and I'm getting used to his seriousness.
The first criteria in Tolerance is to establish a point of disagreement. The next is to find a way of working with it. If we agree with each ones point of view, there is no tolerance. If we agree to agree, that's patronizing.
Theo has taught me a great deal about stuff I know nothing about. I still maintain my stance but at least I'm more informed. I'm sure we will continue to put our point of view forward with gusto and finesse. That's what we are here for, is it not?
Or would you prefer us to all agree with you?