tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post1934315748355805442..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: A kind of staticJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-49611910722965886752010-08-28T11:57:52.915-04:002010-08-28T11:57:52.915-04:00I understand that he is upset, but what is he gett...I understand that he is upset, but what is he getting at here?<br /><br />Privacy is a fashionable value in the twenty-first century, an overrated and often destructive one; it was Terry’s gravest misfortune. <br /><br /><br />"Fashionable"? Privacy is actually unfashionable. But should the depressed forfeit their civil right to be left alone? And if they should, who should be allowed to intrude on their lives? What about the person who everyone thinks is depressed, and is not, but just doesn't like people and wishes to be left alone? What about the depressed extrovert with a million friends who isn't gonna say anything?Paul Devlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931755750549699626noreply@blogger.com