I'm not totally disgreeing with you and certainly don't disagree that everyone has the right to privacy.
I'm probably reacting because I don't perceive these mainly wealthy and fame loving individuals as victims of society or the paparazzi. They achieved their fame and wealth which is what they wanted. Guess what? There's a bad part of every job and this is the bad part of their's. Tom C. >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens >Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:12:10 -0600 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom C" >Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > > > >>it. > >> > > >> > >>This is classic blaming the victim syndrome. > >> > >>William Robb > >> > > > > Respectfully, I disagree. Nobody twisted anybody's arms when it came to > > getting big fat paychecks and contracts. In Anna Nicole's case, nobody > > twisted her arm to take off her clothes, or marry an elderly >millionaire. > > At > > this point I don't know if you're largely referring to the astronaut or > > Anna. > > > >I'm actually referring to celebrities in general. Some, like Ms. Smith, was >certainly masters of her own destiny, so to speak, but I can't help but >think that if they were largely ignored, they wouldn't be showing the self >destructive tendencies to such an extent. > > > However, if you or I were to go totally off the deep end, we would be >held > > accountable and be viewed as responsible for our actions. Why does that > > not > > hold true for every other person? > >It does, but if a person can't leave their house without being followed by >a >gaggle of camera toting idiots, have to keep their curtains closed all the >time so said idiots can't spy on them, can't go into their back yards >without having said idiots pointing a super telephoto at them, they will >probably become a little less than mentally stable. >Our society will stop a person from stalking his ex girlfriend, but it >won't >stop the pseudo press from stalking someone who has the misfortune of >having >a pretty face and some acting talent, a good singing voice, or who hapened >to fall in love with a prince. > > > > > > Another example. > > > > A person that gets addicted to illegal drugs is at least aware of the > > dangers to some degree, and is aware that is viewed in a negative light >by > > society at large. They go ahead and make the choice to use the >substance > > and there life eventually goes to hell because of their choices. Yes >it's > > a > > sad state of affairs and they should be helped, but it was by and large > > their choices that got them where they're at and no one else. > > > > An innocent victim is somebody that's crossing the street with the >signal > > and gets hit by the bus that runs the red light. People can also be > > victims, but sometimes they are victims of their own behavior. > >Now you aren't talking about the same thing at all. > >William Robb > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
