Wednesday, September 19, 2012

What's Privacy Today?

The world went into a frenzy of gossip this past weekend when pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in a French newspaper showing her sunbathing topless in a private family retreat.  Apparently not so private after all as some low life photographer managed to get pictures and send them off to some rag mag.  This just after the scandalous romping pictures of Prince Harry the week before.
       So a couple of questions come to mind.  The first and more obvious one is how much privacy should anyone expect in this age of social media?  Secondly why is the public so interested in reading scandal?  Third, if a person has any sense of knowing what the world is today (having addressed the first two questions) why wouldn’t a celebrity be more circumspect?  Is there no dignity left in this world?
       If you don’t want to see nude photos of Kate then don’t buy the magazines that publish the papers or switch the channel when it comes up.  If you don’t want to see yourself in a poor light, know who you surround yourself with and banish all cellphones and cameras from you private space.  If you are in the presence of a royal should you be allowed to bring a cellphone into the room?  How rude is that?  Where is the security people and why aren’t they frisky the guests?  Better yet, don’t go topless in the first place.
       Know you are living in a world of whores and protect yourself by dignity.

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