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> the occupants were engaged in some nefarious activities; therefore the curtains are left open to show that the occupants have nothing to hide and are engaged
by kergonath 11mo ago
> the occupants were engaged in some nefarious activities; therefore the curtains are left open to show that the occupants have nothing to hide and are engaged only in wholesome activities.
That sounds utterly dystopian. Whose business is it if we want to shag in the morning?
It’s also completely self-defeating. Nobody can prove that they never did anything that someone else would disapprove. There are solid reasons behind the "innocent until proven guilty" principle.
- tremon 11mo agoThat sounds utterly dystopian Welcome to 18th-century small-village politics.
- TitaRusell 11mo agoPriests used to visit houses if the wife had not been pregnant for a while. Most of us do not realise how utterly NEW individuality and freedom is. Not so long ago we were all Taliban.
- dotancohen 11mo agoMost of us (humans) still are. Only in Europe and the Americas is privacy or individually widely acknowledged.