Milehighhawk
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Uncle Si":1mi7osa0 said:SonicHawk":1mi7osa0 said:Milehighhawk":1mi7osa0 said:It is however about privacy and an increasing tendency for media and the larger society to care less and less about it. How would you feel about someone recording all your conversations just in case you say something juicy, rip it completely out of context, and then publish it to your parents, family and friends for the sole purpose of destroying your character? The less the media and people in general value privacy, the more the door will open until there is no longer a perception that it is even something that should be protected at all for the sake of "transparency" and "security".
You may not like this guy, I may not like this guy, but I should think most people care about something like that.
It wasn't out of context. The government has taken no action. There is no legal issue. Privacy is not an acceptable term for a public figure. We live in a public word, if you're a public figure things will come out. Everyone has phones that record HD video and audio. I prefer a world in which people actually think about what they do and say and see consequences (not by the government but by other humans) rather than a world that's hush hush.
I care that the government isn't impeding on his ability to privately hate black people. I do care that a private organization kicks him the f*@# out.
Not to mention Sterling requested on his own volition to have his conversations recorded because he was having trouble remembering things and then trusted those recordings to his mistress (that always seems safe)
Basic line is this:
a. he was an a-hole and a racist.
2. he picked an disloyal gold digging tramp to record his conversations
c. she got back at him for whatever reason she chose because, well, she's an disloyal gold digging tramp
d. noone is coming to his defense because, shockingly, this surprises noone that knows him. That has to say a ton.
He did this to himself. While I understand the perception (and its a rationale one) that our entire sordid lives are seemingly open to display, in this case Sterling chose to say these things while knowing that his mistress/assistant was recording conversations (he may not have known she was recording that one). Apparently there are 11 hours (11 HOURS!) of recorded conversation.
Do you have a source for the bolded? That is quite a claim. I can pretty much understand/agree with the rest of this, but the increasingly tabloid nature (if I may use such a phrase) and mob behavior of the "regular" media is disturbing to me.