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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
You are correct either way, but erosion of privacy is a bad thing.
I especially hate the erosion of privacy simply to combat piracy. That isn't to condone piracy, but personally I believe a person's right to privacy is much more important than fighting piracy.
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Is the erosion of privacy really a bad thing? I don't. Privacy is NOT an innate human instinct. It's one that is learned, or more correctly, taught, by our parents and our culture and it comes from the roots of our culture in the Anglo-Saxon/Catholic culture. Some cultures are extremely private (like the Japanese) and others just don't care.
I believe that the sooner we lose our privacy the quicker our culture will be able to combat many of its hidden ills, like sexual crimes, domestic abuse etc. If those things aren't hidden they probably can't happen. We all make mistakes in our youth - but everyone hides it and pretends like they were great. When its all out there everyone will be on an equal playing field and people will be able to better forgive these transgressions, a key to helping people change, letting them change etc.
While a big generation gaps exists right now where the older generation care the younger ones don't so there will probably be bumps while the world changes.
People complain about big brother - and yes, there needs to be some serious protection against a state or government abuses - but overall I think the world is better off without so much privacy, though if people want they should have the right to protect it. I just think that soon people won't care, unless they're trying to hide a crime.