26 Nov 2005

proper privacy | privacy proper

proper privacy privacy proper

You would probably have heard about the video recording of a woman being forced in the nude to do ear sqauts in the presence of a female police constable. I remeber being ordered to do ear sqauts by the corner as punishment by my primary tuition teacher for failing to turn up with her prescribed homework completed. It was not a pleasant experience, and still not is even in remembrance, though I was only ten then. Ear squats are humiliating. Every up and down counts as a defeat and embarrassment and it does have its effect in setting right behaviour, well, at least for me. I avoided to be caught in such a situation again. I sympathise with what this woman has to go through. No one in their right minds would want to be placed in such a situation. Maybe she was defiant and resistant coupled with bad attitude and verbal assaults, whatever the cause for her punishment, it is clear that the victim in the video recording is not this naked woman but the featured police personnel. Perhaps the constable has some unfriendly people waiting for an opportunity to get back at her for some reason. Or perhaps this camera person had witnessed injustice and maltreatment. Not knowing full facts of the case, I do not judge either party but it does gives me the chills when I realised that people can snoop on you without you realising with a simple camera phone. Yeah, I recall reading in some magazine about an uprising trend of men snooping underskirts with camera phone recording - in the lift, elevators and escalators, even at the steel railings of upper floors of shopping complexes. Some ladies had been unawaredly passive entertainment to some horrible people. So where do we draw the line? Yes the phone is yours, but no, you do not have the privilege to snoop around and make people feel vulnerable. So the since it is my phone therefore I can take whatever picture I like besides it is none of your business is as much selfish as unthoughful and downright vulgar. Yes you can wear short skirts and shorts, but no, you have to jaga your etiqutte and the way you carry yourself especially in public places. In short, just be careful because some people simply do not care about you.

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