Saturday, October 29, 2005

Privacy

Something you never want to get invaded, Something you always want to have, Something that has great value, and yet we seem to want in on everyone else's. We don't really notice how much people gossip about people or try to butt-in to everyone else's privacy. Privacy is something we all value and yet we have no regaurd for the privacy of others sometimes. I am not talking about anyone in particular or anyone at all for that matter just stating the fact that sometimes we need to mind our own business. This can co-post with a post on trust. When you tell someone a secret you expect them to keep it and if/when they don't you feel that they have violated your privacy boundaries. Trust is hard to gain but easily lost and all it takes is one secret and you may lose trust in someone that they took years to build. Trust like privacy is something we always want to have and yet can be easily lost both of them are very fragile and you rely on and Trust more people than you may think to maintain your privacy. Here's the point trust in people maintains privacy and privacy is a level of security that makes us feel safe and secure but if we lose that privacy than as it suggests everyone knows everything our privacy becomes public. Some people would say "who cares I have nothing to hide," think about it, think about all the things that if everyone knew you would have a psycotic breakdown of embarrassment. Some people really don't have anything to hide, they are very open about everything, but there privacy is still valuable to them. Some people might literally breakdown if everybody knew their secrets which is why privacy is so valuable. So before you answer any personal questions think about who's privacy, who's trust you are violating.

2 comments:

Christopher M. White said...

You said:
think about it, think about all the things that if everyone knew you would have a psycotic breakdown of embarrassment.

think about this: God knows all of those things about us and yet He still loves us (Romans 5:8, Psalm 103:13-14). Pretty amazing. We have no privacy with God, but because we can have absolute trust in Him, we don't need privacy. we have nothing to fear.

good post,
bjig.

Big Jigger said...

thanks C-Dog that's an element I didn't think to include (plus I thought it was big enough already)