Tweets Charles C.W. Cooke:
We live in a world in which people tweet at me about which contraception they use, how much it costs — and then say “get out of my bedroom.”
Modern Privacy
12 Responses to Modern Privacy
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tbraton says:
You’re right. We should follow the advice of Rush Limbaugh and the example of that college student on trial in N.J. Put all that stuff on video cam so we all can see. Uh, I think there are stores and on-line sites which cater to your need for porn, Mr. Cooke.
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“…in which the only thing the government can tell you you can’t screw in your bedroom is an incandescent lightbulb.”
Brian, you are a genius. That needs to be on a t-shirt.
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EngineerScotty says:
You can screw all the incandescent lightbulbs you like. Like nookie, you just can’t pay for ‘em anymore….
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Fran Macadam says:
When we moved to this old house, after seeing our first month’s electric bill, we replaced every single incandescent bulb with the low powered flourescent equivalent, which we managed to get on sale for $1 each from a discount hardware store.
Lo and behold, the very next month, we saved about $50 on our electric bill. The investment paid off in just one month!
That was five years ago, and only one has failed in that time.
Besides, Tom Edison was overrated as an inventor. He often bought others’ and sold them as his own and was as much a litigator as an inventor. Look at how he championed DC and was beaten out by Tesla’s AC, yet he rolled over Tesla with Con Edison.
So advice on how to illuminate that bedroom for the best camera-light economically – go flourescent (or LED)!
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Brian says:
Fran: To paraphrase the inexplicably classic bumper sticker line–Don’t like incandescent light bulbs? Don’t buy one.
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Yep that is about right. Give me your money since I have so much sex I cannot afford contraceptives. Now get out of my bedroom.
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JonF says:
If you tour famous old homes like Mt Vernon it’s intertesting to note how privacy standards have changed. In the 18th century people thought nothing of receiving guests in their bedroom while they dressed and primped, and the toilet facilities were multi-person use with no more privacy than a jail cell has (check out Mt Vernon sometime if you don’t believe me). But they often had private studies where no one was allowed to intrude without invitation. The poor of course had no privacy of any kind, and how in the world did people ever have sex in one room cabins?
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William "Skull-crackingly literal minded" Burns says:
Brian,
In the real world, abortion is one of the most heavily regulated medical procedures around, and state legislatures are constantly thinking up new regulations, while small government conservatives cheer them on.
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We also live in a world where we freely tell folks about the cars we drive and the annoying cost of gas, and the government pays for building and maintaining the roads, and yet when they want to sneak a device onto our car to monitor where we drive, people get all huffy about it. Go figure.
(Context: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/story/2012-01-23/supreme-court-GPS/52754354/1 )
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Dave D. says:
John, i’ll raise you. We live in a world where people complain about the government putting a device on their car to monitior where they go, and then they go and check-in their current location with foursquare, or buy cadillacs with Onstar operator assist.
People are perfectly willing to give up privacy for a free photo sharing app or half off a dinner, it seems.
Yeah, apparently we live in a world in which abortions happen in your bedroom, and are none of the government’s business, although every single other medical procedure happens in a hospital and can in fact be massively regulated by the government.
…in which whatever your plaster all over your facebook page is supposed to be private, and it’s outrageous that an employer or school or anyone else would actually look at it.
…in which the only thing the government can tell you you can’t screw in your bedroom is an incandescent lightbulb.