Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. Walt > I'm reminded of, what I'll call the Japanese, attitudes around > privacy (although I assume that any culture which lives extremely > close together would develop similar attitudes). In other words the > less space one has between self and other - the more one must work > towards respect of privacy. But I'm not sure that 'isolation' comes > into play, except in occasional unique cases. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On May 17, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> I am not sure that it is so surprising or unusual a thought that >> people are very isolated on the subway... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >