How you know your too big for your own breeches..?

CCIP · 10-25-10, 02:24 PM

Then why are you having sex in view of the public? Here there have been cases of people being sued by passers-by for indecently exposing themselves from their property, and imho rightly so. A google truck doesn't really see any more than kids walking down the street...

XabbaRus · 10-25-10, 02:28 PM

OK crazy UK law.

If I have sex in my garden I can be done for indecent exposure amongst other things.

If me and my wife are at it in the front room with the curtains open then nothing.

gimpy117 · 10-25-10, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

. A google truck doesn't really see any more than kids walking down the street...

the difference is, Somebody can just log on and look at my house room anywhere. It's like the difference between 3 people seeing you slip and fall in the hallway vs. the whole school.

bookworm_020 · 10-26-10, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

A google truck doesn't really see any more than kids walking down the street...

Here in Australia they saw more than what was on the street. Than were scanning for peoples Wi-fi, passwords and email! They are now in big trouble (they have admitted to doing it as well!

) as they have breeched some major communication and privacy laws

SteamWake · 10-26-10, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Here in Australia they saw more than what was on the street. Than were scanning for peoples Wi-fi, passwords and email! They are now in big trouble (they have admitted to doing it as well!

) as they have breeched some major communication and privacy laws

There doing this in the US as well but is not mentioned much in the 'popular' media.

This with the 'attitude' on top of the fact that Google being the mega corp that it is pays very little in taxes through various dodges.

Google really needs a reality check but since they rest comfortably in the lap of the liberals it may be a while.

antikristuseke · 10-26-10, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Then why are you having sex in view of the public? Here there have been cases of people being sued by passers-by for indecently exposing themselves from their property, and imho rightly so. A google truck doesn't really see any more than kids walking down the street...

Oh noes, kids seeing people having sex, this will surely doom all of society. bah

CCIP · 10-26-10, 02:46 AM

Well, I am slightly playing devil's advocate here - and I totally agree that google has crossed the creepy line in their discourse many a time - but I'm personally rather concerned at the disappearance of the notion of common or public space. Frankly, it's really not kids accidentally seeing lewd acts that worries me, nor one's right to be protected from being seen in flagrante. What worries me is the idea of a free society without common space that anyone has the right to access and view.

Look at it this way, Google Street View isn't really anything other than another means of transport, even a virtual one. Like any means of transport, it can be used to get around for all sorts of purposes. By the same token, people in ages past were worried about the fact that cars let strangers drive into their neighbourhood from far away places, or that planes could fly right over the property and nothing could be done to stop them. Imagine what some arrogant jerk on his airplane could watch you doing behind the fence! But stopping them would be a very stupid idea, and terrifically bad for commerce, so public roads and public airways were made into safe common space. And here comes another means of transport. IMHO, it's no worse than any previous one, and is already quite important to some means of commerce. It has every right to use common space, like the others.

tl;dr version: You don't own the public streets or airspace around your house and property, and it makes no sense at all that you should have a say in whether or not the public can navigate through it, through whatever means they choose.

Jimbuna · 10-26-10, 05:39 AM

Just ensure the Google van isn't passing by as you exit your neighbours property whilst your wife is at work or out shopping

DarkFish · 10-26-10, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Oh noes, kids seeing people having sex, this will surely doom all of society. bah

Oh noes! does this mean they'll be watching... porn... too?

10-25-10, 02:24 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Then why are you having sex in view of the public? Here there have been cases of people being sued by passers-by for indecently exposing themselves from their property, and imho rightly so. A google truck doesn't really see any more than kids walking down the street... __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

10-25-10, 02:28 PM	#2
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	OK crazy UK law. If I have sex in my garden I can be done for indecent exposure amongst other things. If me and my wife are at it in the front room with the curtains open then nothing. __________________

10-26-10, 02:46 AM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well, I am slightly playing devil's advocate here - and I totally agree that google has crossed the creepy line in their discourse many a time - but I'm personally rather concerned at the disappearance of the notion of common or public space. Frankly, it's really not kids accidentally seeing lewd acts that worries me, nor one's right to be protected from being seen in flagrante. What worries me is the idea of a free society without common space that anyone has the right to access and view. Look at it this way, Google Street View isn't really anything other than another means of transport, even a virtual one. Like any means of transport, it can be used to get around for all sorts of purposes. By the same token, people in ages past were worried about the fact that cars let strangers drive into their neighbourhood from far away places, or that planes could fly right over the property and nothing could be done to stop them. Imagine what some arrogant jerk on his airplane could watch you doing behind the fence! But stopping them would be a very stupid idea, and terrifically bad for commerce, so public roads and public airways were made into safe common space. And here comes another means of transport. IMHO, it's no worse than any previous one, and is already quite important to some means of commerce. It has every right to use common space, like the others. tl;dr version: You don't own the public streets or airspace around your house and property, and it makes no sense at all that you should have a say in whether or not the public can navigate through it, through whatever means they choose. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

10-26-10, 05:39 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,712 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Just ensure the Google van isn't passing by as you exit your neighbours property whilst your wife is at work or out shopping __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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