Maybe it's just my general punchiness at having only slept about 14 hours
this week, but I think it's damn funny that Anthony, who won't touch his
computer configuration for fear of disrupting a known state, finds it odd
that professional photographers will limit risk when going on assignment by
bringing along film from trusted sources, and processed at trusted sources.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Atkielski" <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
> Austin writes:
>
> > Everyone disagrees, but you've already said you
> > don't see any difference, so what's the use?
>
> Well, another option is to actually put some examples online. I don't
generally
> believe or disbelieve things just because others believe or disbelieve
them; I
> like to see objective evidence or proof. That's why I question why nobody
> worries about fogging, but everyone worries about "foreign" film and
> development, even though I've seen proof that fogging is a problem, but no
proof
> that foreign labs or films are a problem.
>
> > Everyone else on this list, professional photographer,
> > expert photographer, and otherwise are all wrong and
> > you are, obviously, right.
>
> I believe this argument qualifies as a fallacy of distraction based on
> popularity (i.e., the assertion that something must be true because most
people
> believe it to be so).
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