> I think a columnist in the Mercury News expressed it better last week;
> "while a photograph doesn't lie, it can be selective as to which truth
> is shown"

Sounds like some lawyers I know  (not referring to Knarf)

Kenneth Waller

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From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: John Dvorak (via Mike J's blog)


> On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 07:12:31PM -0400, Christian wrote:
>> Paul Stenquist wrote:
>> > I guess it's just that Dvorak is stating the obvious. A photograph
>> > isn't reality. It's just a photograph, subject to the whims of the
>> > person who takes it and the person who processes it.  We already knew
>> > that.
>>
>>
>> Well, duh.  But how is that "shallow"?  And why is Bob so angry about a
>> stupid PC magazine column?  It would seem that Bob does not agree with
>> the content possibly even though you and I see it as "stating the 
>> obvious."
>>
>> I guess I'm just trying to understand the slew of negativity towards a
>> column that, while obvious, I do agree with.
>
>
> I think a columnist in the Mercury News expressed it better last week;
> "while a photograph doesn't lie, it can be selective as to which truth
> is shown"
>
> Dvorak's columns aren't philosophical tracts - they range from stating
> the obvious (as in the one quoted) to totally missing the point, with
> an occasional side trip into devil's advocacy to stir up controversy.
>
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