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> he used to live in a small town without home phones where the postmaster saw who everyone was getting mail from. "In a town of 3,000 people there is no privac
by eviks 2y ago
> he used to live in a small town without home phones where the postmaster saw who everyone was getting mail from. "In a town of 3,000 people there is no privacy. Everybody knows what everybody is doing."
That's just simplistic nonsense. First, the postmaster didn't know the content of those mails, which is a huge lot to miss for the "no privacy" claim
Also, people don't get x-ray vision to see what's happening behind closed doors of the town is small, and rumors is a poor substitute for knowledge even though they do give you the illusion thereof
- daymanstep 2y ago> First, the postmaster didn't know the content of those mails Are you sure? Perlustration was common practice during WWI. These people developed sophisticated techniques to open letters and then seal them back up so that it appears completely unopened.
- eviks 2y agoYes, I am, I'm living within his fantasy, in which he didn't mention the much stronger loss Also, he isn't that ancient, he was growing up post WWII