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If you read the whole article and the portions of the ruling that it provides, you'd see that the court specifically addresses this. She has a widely known care

If you read the whole article and the portions of the ruling that it provides, you'd see that the court specifically addresses this. She has a widely known career producing mass commercial public works (documentaries) and they note that it is in the public interest to know what was produced at what age.

walshemj 11y ago
Why? what is the public interest here? I don't need to know George Lucas's age when he made star wars.
- jhasse 11y ago
  You probably also don't need to know all the other stuff on George Lucas' Wikipedia entry. But if you look him up (so you are interesting in information about him), I guess his age is one of the basic info you'd want to know, wouldn't you?
  - walshemj 11y ago
    Why?
- avar 11y ago
  I'm happy that we don't use your personal desire for ignorance as a guide when forming public policy. The point of these sorts of laws "public persona" laws is not that we all desperately need to know trivia like George Clooney's natural hair color or what year Evelyn Schels was born, but rather that when you insert yourself into the public sphere you're free game for the public press because it's in the public's interest do know who you are and what you represent. The press is one of the fundamental pillars of any functioning democracy, and if you can't write a basic article about some public personality without mentioning how old they are or other pertinent personal attributes without fear of legal retribution you've enacted a major barrier to public discourse.
  - walshemj 11y ago
    You should not throw stones as you don't seem to grasp the deference between things the public is interested in and things in the public interest. Some of the public are interested in up skirt shots of pop starlets you see the difference here?
    - scrollaway 11y ago
      Rich coming from you, a lesson on seeing the differences - when you yourself don't see the difference between skirt shots and birth years.
      - walshemj 11y ago
        Err are you not a native English speaker "in the public interest" and "public interest" are very different things legally and socially. You might want to look up what an inverse metaphor is before jumping in with both feet

walshemj 11y ago

Why? what is the public interest here? I don't need to know George Lucas's age when he made star wars.

jhasse 11y ago
You probably also don't need to know all the other stuff on George Lucas' Wikipedia entry. But if you look him up (so you are interesting in information about him), I guess his age is one of the basic info you'd want to know, wouldn't you?
- walshemj 11y ago
  Why?
avar 11y ago
I'm happy that we don't use your personal desire for ignorance as a guide when forming public policy. The point of these sorts of laws "public persona" laws is not that we all desperately need to know trivia like George Clooney's natural hair color or what year Evelyn Schels was born, but rather that when you insert yourself into the public sphere you're free game for the public press because it's in the public's interest do know who you are and what you represent. The press is one of the fundamental pillars of any functioning democracy, and if you can't write a basic article about some public personality without mentioning how old they are or other pertinent personal attributes without fear of legal retribution you've enacted a major barrier to public discourse.
- walshemj 11y ago
  You should not throw stones as you don't seem to grasp the deference between things the public is interested in and things in the public interest. Some of the public are interested in up skirt shots of pop starlets you see the difference here?
  - scrollaway 11y ago
    Rich coming from you, a lesson on seeing the differences - when you yourself don't see the difference between skirt shots and birth years.
    - walshemj 11y ago
      Err are you not a native English speaker "in the public interest" and "public interest" are very different things legally and socially. You might want to look up what an inverse metaphor is before jumping in with both feet