Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do believe I mentioned something very similar? Privacy is not something new, only class orientated. Walt Chris Saganich wrote: > One must remember that privacy is a class issue, meaning it can be > bought, or fought for, but isn't given for free. > Chris S. > > At 10:39 AM 5/18/2006, you wrote: > >> On May 18, 2006, at 9:40 AM, Walt wrote: >> >>> If you want to let your imagination run wild then picture a public >>> bath system in a large American city. I think our culture has a long >>> way >>> to go before attempting to adopt the Japanese attitudes toward privacy. >>> Our culture, it seems, lacks respect for much else besides >>> consumption. >>> That, and the fantasy of spreading "democracy" throughout the world. >> >> >> The concept of privacy is a recent phenomenon in American culture and >> is absent in many world cultures. New York City had numerous public >> baths which were in use until the 50s. They were large, well >> constructed buildings with warm baths and swimming pools. A good >> example can be found on 23rd. St. between First Ave. and the East >> River. Public swimming pools are still in use. Tenements in the late >> 1800s and early 1900s were shared by multiple families, with perhaps >> 3 to 4 persons to a room. Often boarders were taken in to provide >> extra income. Strangers eating from a common serving plate was common >> in American inns and boarding houses through the early 1900s. >> >> I recently returned from a trip to Williamsburg, VA. We stayed in the >> Brick House, a colonial era hotel in the center of the restoration >> area. The hotel had 16 rooms dating from the 1700s. These rooms, >> about the size of a small modern bedroom, were rented to commercial >> travelers. The first three or four in each room got to share the bed. >> Late comers, bedded down on mats on the floor. On a busy market >> night, perhaps 6 to 8 strangers shared each room. >> >> The idea of an individual having an inviolable "personal space", >> exemplified as one person to one room and/or total control of >> information about onself, is very recent and dates from the post WW2 >> era. Despite what the Supreme Court says, there is no "right to >> privacy" in the Constitution. The implied "right to privacy" is a >> modern interpretation of the Framer's intent. >> >> Still, I don't want the NSA monitoring my telephone calls. >> >> Larry Z >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > chs2018@med.cornell.edu > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > Office A-0049 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >