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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'm torn on the last video, on one hand yes he's clearly drunk or high or whatever and he's rambling like a drunk or high person tends to ramble on.
On the other hand, he's sitting in a living room, clearly with friends and somebody video tapes it and turns around and sells the video tape for $5000.00. The person that did that is just as terrible of a person.
And it makes you think that you are now open game in your house. For someone like Slava for example if he's running for city council in the next election, you'd better make sure you take away peoples cell phones when they come into your house in case you start dropping f-bombs when someone brings up a topic that you don't like when your loaded.
Looking at the video I don't know the context, is the guy doing a wrestling promo, is he ordering a hit on his enemies. Who knows.
Its clear that Ford needs to go and get help and decide if he wants to stay in the public limelight.
But this opens up the whole, does a good news story and a check trump the right to some privacy?
I don't know if I'm even saying this right to be honest.
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Originally Posted by Slava
That's exactly it. Times have changed in this regard. Sticking with the Ralph Klein example, hearing about him being hammered and throwing change at a homeless guy can give a completely different impression than watching a video of the same incident.
If you're going to run for office, that is a terrifying thought! One minute you're screwing around with your buddies thinking everything is safe amongst friends and the next thing you know its national news. I mean, I've never done crack, so I feel basically bulletproof in that regard, but like every other guy who has had too much to drink I'm sure I've said some entirely stupid and shameful things!
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What are the laws surrounding recordings video/audio? Is there an expectation of privacy in your house/hotelroom/meetingroom?
Don't get me wrong, I am in the anti-Ford crowd, but I also wonder about the recording.