The mysterious case of Ms. Carrie Prejean

[ShadowHM]

Right. How do you plan to do that? Uninvent them? Besides, who are you protecting? Us, the common people? No one gives much of a damn what we do, no one is interested enough to spy on us. Sure, if we do something spectacularly stupid in public chances are that it will end up on YouTube. So what? A hundred years ago it would have ended up in the rumor mill. No big change. Then, as now, it was smart not to be stupid. Or, at least, not to be stupid in public.

I think you are mistaken, Pete. Yes, there are those who do want to spy on us, the 'common man'. They are our potential employers. They are the people whose children we will interact with when we volunteer for a community organization. They are our immediate neighbours. And yes, sadly, they are interested enough to spy on us. And notwithstanding any ability to avoid public stupidity, there now is a very good chance that private stupidity will also end up on youtube. You may well be of an age now when even private stupidity is a thing of the past, but the rest of us are not likely in that category. :P

And I have no problem living in a glass house -- I'm not perfect, but I'm not ashamed of my imperfections, either. Privacy is a nicety we all like, but it is only a necessity for those having something to hide.

--Pete

A nice sentiment and good for you for harbouring it. But you damn well don't need to know or see any of my business anyway. I am not ashamed of my imperfections but I still see no need to display them for the likes of you or anyone else. Privacy may not be my right, but I intend to protect it as if it were. :)